 John, In this week’s horrific ruling, the Supreme Court made it legal to target people for questioning and arrest based on how they look, speak, or where they work — even without probable cause. By ruling that ICE can resume “roving”, stop-and-frisk raids, overriding our local judge’s decree, they’ve made clear that whole classes of Americans have less rights than others — that some of us can be detained without probable cause, because of the color of our skin or our accent. This isn’t public safety. This isn’t how democracies work. It’s blatant racial profiling, now greenlit by the highest court in the country. There should be no law that puts US citizens in a position of having to carry proof of citizenship or face arrest and detainment. I can’t believe we need to say this, but all citizens should be treated equally by law enforcement, without consideration of the color of their skin or their accent. And there should be no right for unidentified, masked agents to carry out these threats. As Los Angeles’ representative, I am not going to be a passive actor while the administration and its allies try to weaken our democracy. That’s why I’m helping lead the charge on the No Masks for ICE Act to bring transparency back to immigration enforcement.
Thank you for standing alongside me for our communities. Laura |
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