{"id":2483783,"date":"2025-09-08T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotomayor-rips-supreme-court-ruling-on-la-immigration-raid-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T16:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:47:23","slug":"sotomayor-rips-supreme-court-ruling-on-la-immigration-raid-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotomayor-rips-supreme-court-ruling-on-la-immigration-raid-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotomayor rips Supreme Court ruling on LA immigration raid restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsotomayor-rips-supreme-court-ruling-on-la-immigration-raid-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2483783&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports on Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s strong dissent regarding the Court&#8217;s recent 6-3 decision to lift a lower court&#8217;s restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vice-mayor-who-encouraged-ice-confrontation-governs-gang-infested-city\/\" title=\"Vice mayor who encouraged ICE confrontation governs gang...infested city\">immigration enforcement raids<\/a> in Los Angeles. The ruling granted the Trump administration&#8217;s request to stay a district court order that had prohibited immigration agents from using broad criteria-such as race or ethnicity alone-to detain individuals. The majority opinion was unsigned and provided no legal clarification.<\/p>\n<p>sotomayor criticized the ruling as a violation of constitutional protections under the Fourth amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures, warning that the decision puts at risk the rights of Latinos and others who may be unfairly targeted based on appearance, language, or employment. Joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown jackson, Sotomayor lamented that this ruling essentially permits the government to seize people who look Latino or speak Spanish without sufficient cause.<\/p>\n<p>Justice brett Kavanaugh concurred, stating that ethnicity can be considered a relevant factor in immigration stops, which Sotomayor condemned as effectively requiring Latinos to constantly prove their citizenship or legal status.<\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor also expressed concern about the Supreme Court issuing major decisions without detailed rationales, highlighting a growing trend to bypass ordinary appellate procedures while failing to explain its reasoning.<\/p>\n<p>the dissent emphasizes the constitutional and civil rights implications of the Court&#8217;s decision and warns against expanded government power to target individuals based on ethnic and racial characteristics. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sotomayor rips Supreme Court ruling on LA immigration raids: &lsquo;Constitutional freedoms are lost&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2224464\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sonia-sotomayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sonia Sotomayor <\/a>issued a harsh dissent to the high court&rsquo;s decision that lifted a lower court&rsquo;s order and gave federal officers more leeway to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >conduct immigration enforcement stops<\/a> in the Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n<p>In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3797089\/supreme-court-lifts-district-court-los-angeles-immigration-raid-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">granted the Trump administration&rsquo;s request to stay a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-appeals-court-hands-texas-a-major-border-win-over-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"Federal Appeals Court Hands Texas a Major B... Win Over the Biden Administration\">district court&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s order<\/a> that found that Department of Homeland Security officials&rsquo; reliance on factors such as race or ethnicity alone when detaining someone was &ldquo;insufficient and impermissible.&rdquo; The majority opinion was unsigned and offered no legal explanation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3797326\/brett-kavanaugh-judges-not-appointed-make-immigration-policy-decisions\/\">Kavanaugh warns judges are &#8216;not appointed to make&#8217; immigration policy decisions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3797089\/supreme-court-lifts-district-court-los-angeles-immigration-raid-restrictions\/\">Supreme Court lifts district court&#8217;s LA immigration raid restrictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3796991\/supreme-court-allows-trump-fire-ftc-commissioner-rebecca-slaughter\/\">Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner while considering case<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Sotomayor said the Constitution&rsquo;s Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, should be extended to everyone in the United States and added that the decision was &ldquo;unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation&rsquo;s constitutional guarantees.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low-wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent,&rdquo; Sotomayor wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After today, that may no longer be true for those who happen to look a certain way, speak a certain way, and appear to work a certain type of legitimate job that pays very little,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor participates in a fireside chat in Miami, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lynne Sladky, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sotomayor was the first Hispanic justice on the high court. She was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in the dissent.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration was barred by a lower court from carrying out immigration-related raids in the Los Angeles area based on broad criteria such as speaking Spanish or gathering at popular locations for day laborers to congregate.<\/p>\n<p>Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brett-kavanaugh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brett Kavanaugh<\/a> wrote in the concurring opinion that he granted the administration&rsquo;s stay request because a person&rsquo;s ethnicity can be a &ldquo;relevant factor&rdquo; for federal officials to initiate immigration-related stops.<\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor noted that Kavanaugh&rsquo;s reasoning essentially mandated that Latinos keep documents verifying their legal status with them, as Kavanaugh did not clarify how someone can prove their citizenship or resident status.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Government, and now the concurrence, has all but declared that all Latinos, U.S. citizens or not, who work low-wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time, taken away from work, and held until they provide proof of their legal status to the agents&rsquo; satisfaction,&rdquo; Sotomayor wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3796991\/supreme-court-allows-trump-fire-ftc-commissioner-rebecca-slaughter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>SUPREME COURT ALLOWS TRUMP TO FIRE FTC COMMISSIONER WHILE CONSIDERING CASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She also criticized the majority opinion for again issuing a major decision without explanation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the last eight months, this Court&rsquo;s appetite to circumvent the ordinary appellate process and weigh in on important issues has grown exponentially,&rdquo; she wrote. &ldquo;Its interest in explaining itself, unfortunately, has not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sotomayor condemns Supreme Court ruling easing LA immigration raids<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2483784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25169818549754.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3813,11029,32275],"class_list":["post-2483783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-immigration","tag-sotomayor","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25169818549754.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483783"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483787,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483783\/revisions\/2483787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2483784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}