Only Commies Nab People Off The Street For Having The Wrong Looks, Job, & Accent

In America, we don’t nab people off the streets because of their skin color, class, or accent. Except we do now. Congress: Make. It. Stop. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower‑court ruling that allows immigration‑related law‑enforcement agencies—most notably Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—to continue stopping, questioning, and detaining people in Los Angeles‑area counties based on observable characteristics such as: • Ethnicity or perceived Latino appearance • Accent or the fact that a person speaks Spanish (or limited English) • Employment in low‑wage, manual‑labor jobs In effect, the Court ruled that these “profile‑based” stops are permissible, even absent individualized suspicion. The Court’s opinion affirms that ICE may rely on broad, visual or linguistic cues (looks, accent, workplace) to justify stops. This expands police discretion and normalizes racial profiling. The government’s justification—that profiling is necessary for immigration enforcement—conflicts with the Fourth Amendment, which forbids unreasonable, arbitrary seizures. The decision ignores the requirement for specific, articulable facts before detaining someone. There is no place for discriminatory enforcement of our laws. Racial profiling is not only ineffective; it is antithetical to the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Pay attention to Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson’s warning that the majority’s stance effectively declares all Latino, low‑wage workers “fair game” for detention until they prove legal status—a sweeping, discriminatory approach: “The Government … has all but declared that all Latinos, U.S. citizens or otherwise, who work low‑wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time, taken away, and held until they provide proof of their legal status to the satisfaction of authorities.” There are real‑world consequences: people are being handcuffed, forced to the ground, or otherwise mistreated solely because of how they look, speak, or earn a living. The ruling is not theoretical; it already fuels abusive encounters. The decision is perilous. It normalizes profiling and endangers vulnerable communities. It encourages racial discrimination by law enforcement, a practice that has no happy history in this—or any—country. Congress must act to limit racial profiling authority for ICE and related law‑enforcement bodies. Reaffirm constitutional protection, not for white people only, but also for Latino and low‑income communities. This ruling is un-American. Fix it.