SCOTUS clears way for ICE raids in California in victory for Trump

The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue carrying out immigration raids in California after local leaders and advocacy groups argued that federal authorities were stopping suspected illegal immigrants without a valid cause.

The high court’s 6-3 decision, issued along ideological lines, is temporary while the case proceeds in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

It came after a federal judge in July blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting raids in Los Angeles County, finding plaintiffs likely would succeed in their argument that the raids violated the Fourth Amendment. The Ninth Circuit upheld that order, leading the Trump administration to turn to the Supreme Court.

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A worker stands at the entrance of a strawberry field to keep the gate closed to protect farmworks against ICE raids on June 12, 2025, in Oxnard, California. (APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)

Demonstrators protest outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and the Metropolitan Detention Center in response to ICE raids in Los Angeles on Friday, June 6, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Justice Sonia Sotomayor filed a dissent, saying the emergency order greenlighting the raids was “troubling” because the majority gave no explanation for the move, which she said was “unconscionably irreconcilable” with the Constitution.

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“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,” Sotomayor wrote.

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