The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a major victory Monday, clearing the way for more aggressive immigration raids in Los Angeles.
In a 6-3 decision, the conservative majority struck down a lower court ruling that had restricted federal agents from targeting the city for deportations. The three liberal justices — Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson — dissented.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had asked the high court to lift the July order from a California district judge that temporarily blocked raids in the region.
The decision pauses the the ruling from U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong that arrests by ICE agents were not using 'reasonable suspicion' for their arrests, but rather targeting them on race, accent, and place of work.
The decision gives President Donald Trump more leeway as he continues his widespread effort to deport illegal immigrants from the United States.
