The Trump administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to allow immigration enforcement in Los Angeles to continue unhindered.
A district court judge should not be able to āmicromanageā immigration enforcement in a district where one in every 10 individuals is an illegal alien, the administrationās emergency application argues.
āNot only is the Central District the Nationās most populous district overall; at best estimate, it harbors some 2 million illegal aliens out of its total population of nearly 20 million people, making it by far the largest destination for illegal aliens,ā the applicationĀ states. āGiven the Administrationās commitment to enforcing the Nationās immigration lawsāunder which illegal aliens are subject to investigative stops and detention to facilitate removalāit should be no surprise that the Los Angeles area is a top enforcement priority.ā
U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, a Biden appointee, issued an order restricting the administrationās enforcement in July, blocking them from relying solely on race, location, type of work or speaking Spanish when making immigration stops.Ā
āNeedless to say, no one thinks that speaking Spanish or working in construction always creates reasonable suspicion,ā the application said. āNor does anyone suggest those are the only factors federal agents ever consider. But in many situations, such factorsāalone or in combinationācan heighten the likelihood that someone is unlawfully present in the United States, above and beyond the 1-in-10 baseline odds in the District.ā
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