The Supreme Court today lifted a restriction on ICE/CBP that prevented them from stopping and questioning people based on their job, the language they were speaking, or color of their skin. In essence, being brown or working blue collar jobs is now considered grounds to suspect somebody doesn’t have valid immigration status in the United States.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the order went too far in restricting ICE/CPB, and furnished us with this gem of wisdom:
To be clear, apparent ethnicity alone cannot furnish reasonable suspicion; under this Court’s case law regarding immigration stops, however, it can be a ‘relevant factor’ when considered along with other salient factors.
To paraphrase LawDork, aka Chris Geidner, “Brett, do you know what the 4th Amendment is?” Or more succinctly, since ICE/CPB was grabbing people SOLELY on these factors, why are you pissing on us and telling us it’s raining by suggesting there are other factors they give a shit about?
I guess I didn’t expect anything else from the Supreme Court right now, but I’m still disappointed and infuriated.