Trump admin asks Supreme Court to remove restrictions on immigration stops in SoCal

The Trump administration on Thursday took an immigration case in Southern California to the Supreme Court, asking the court to lift restrictions on its ability to conduct raids in the Golden State without probable cause.

The emergency petition comes after a federal appeals court refused to lift the temporary restraining order earlier this week, which restricted how federal immigration officials can determine whether someone is in the country illegally, per the Associated Press.

U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong last month ordered the administration to stop arresting people in their immigration raids without probable cause, ruling that it must create guidance for officers to determine “reasonable suspicion” outside an individual's race or ethnicity, the language they speak or their accent, location or occupation.

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift these restrictions, arguing that it hinders their enforcement of immigration law, and that immigration officials do not judge based on race but whether someone is in the country illegally.

The case comes after the American Civil Liberties Union accused the administration of apprehending or questioning Los Angeles residents during a major raid last month merely because they looked Latino.

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