US supreme court ‘effectively legalized racial profiling’, immigration experts warn
by Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles from US news | The Guardian on (#6ZX4G)
Court ruled federal agents can stop people in LA based on race, language, job or location amid Trump's crackdown
Immigration advocates warned that the supreme court has effectively legalized racial profiling", granting federal agents the power to stop people in Los Angeles simply for speaking Spanish or appearing Latino - and opening the door, they say, to a broader unraveling of civil rights protections nationwide.
In a 6-3 decision on Monday, the court's conservative majority lifted restrictions on roving" immigration patrols across the LA area after a lower court found that federal agents were indiscriminately targeting people on the basis of race, language, employment or location.
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