In a county where one-third of residents are immigrants, non-citizens and their families realize Monday that the raid of immigrants that rocked their lives this summer could be a never-ending nightmare, feeling of anger and fear on Monday.
Monday Supreme Court Order Critics called it an “indiscriminate” immigration stop, which led to thousands of arrests and protests in the Los Angeles area. The federal government now says it will continue to be serious.
“DHS law enforcement will continue to flood the area of Los Angeles,” the Department of Homeland Security announced on X shortly after the ruling.
A series of immigration rights groups, democratic politicians and lawyers condemned the ruling. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called it “dangerous” and “attacked everybody in every city in this country.” “The Supreme Court majority just became the Grand Marshal of a racial terror march in Los Angeles,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
During the raid, some fear agents may become more active, which leads to At least two recorded deaths.
The order comes after the government vows to increase raids in sanctuary cities nationwide, including Chicago this week.
“They were given to anyone, they were taken to anyone,” said Maegan Ortiz, executive director of the nonprofit that works with day workers. “What I really worry about is that it will become ugly.”
In Los Angeles, throughout the late spring and summer, the stinging feeling was sharper in the workshops and home warehouses of Border Patrol objects, and they continued to arrest people even after federal judges ordered the use of race temporarily as a factor to stop individuals. Monday’s ruling allowed authorities to approve the continued adoption of these strategies, while the issues were litigated in lower courts.
“Personally, it’s persecuting me and my family,” said Pepe Morales, 55, a father of four who has lived in the United States for 25 years and has regularly come to Westlake’s Home Depot to get work supplies and find a job. Advocates said the site had at least four raids, the last time the agent used non-lethal projectiles and tear gas.
“My kids realize that everything is happening,” he said. “I’m worried about how this will affect them psychologically. They don’t respect the kids or anyone.”
“A lot of people are worried about it. The whole community,” Morales said. “vamos a ver hambres, muertes, We will see hunger, death. ”
At the peak of the attack, community groups organized food to bring immigrants struggling at home. In many Latino communities, business has collapsed, and many say businesses have not returned yet. The family was split, the children were dragged to detention centers, and even citizens were detained.
The government touts “the worst case scenario,” but New York Times analysis shows that most arrested people No criminal conviction.
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, said the ruling was a “security victory for Californians and the rule of law.”
““DHS law enforcement will not slow down and will continue to arrest and evacuate Karen Bass, who continues to provide safe harbor murderers, rapists, gang members and other criminal illegal foreigners,” she said in a statement.
Gregory Bovino, a top Border Patrol agent who led the effort, posted his agent “Today’s LA effort” on X, and he mocked Los Angeles’ scan ruling as a “badly written” temporary restraining order, the “worst I’ve ever seen.”
“…these are legal stays under a hundred years of case law and border patrol expertise,” Bovino wrote in another article.
Monday’s ruling shuddered those who rely on immigrant workers to drive their industry. In the future where their employees are not afraid of the moment, farmers, construction contractors, restaurant owners and others have been bothered.
Elizabeth Strater, the state vice president of United Farm Workers, said logistics that protects employees from attacks will become even more important. Her team was one of several plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against the Border Patrol near Kern County Farm in January and was a plaintiff in the Los Angeles lawsuit that secured an interim restraining order.
“Every employer is responsible for protecting the rights of workers,” she said. “If necessary, put a door there, with a door that can be locked, with a protocol. If they don’t have an arrest warrant, they will not be able to intimidate at the scene.”
As of Monday, about 81 car washes have been carried out and nearly 250 workers have been approached, according to Flor Melendrez, executive director of the Cleaning Car Wash Workers Center.
“The attacks have become increasingly violent, the workers are hurt, and the workers are dying,” Melendrez said at a press conference on Home Depot in Westlake on Monday afternoon. “Let it be your call to action, stand with our community, stand with the workers.”
In Los Angeles, the entire commercial district was hollowed out during the attack. The flower market saw business in free fall. Workers were deported, including many parents. In California, one out of every five children lives in a mixed status family. In Los Angeles County, one in every ten people is an undocumented immigrant, and nearly half are Latino, acting like a deep personal insult to many.
“It’s a setback for all Latinos and all immigration,” Alfonso Barragan, 62, arrived Hollywood Home Depot Buy materials to work on Monday morning.
“The Supreme Court turned a blind eye to the unfairness of the U.S. workers”
Barragan, a U.S. citizen who installed TV and built a sound system, said the decision had robbed people of due process rights by allowing federal agents just because of their skin color or how they spoke.
The Supreme Court ruling dates back to mid-July, when the American Civil Liberties Union and public legal counsel in Southern California sued the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of several immigration rights groups in order to attack the attack, with three immigrants picking up at bus stops and two U.S. citizens. Attorneys believe that racial costs violate the Fourth Amendment.
U.S. District Court Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong issues temporary injunction “patrol” Agents seize people on the streets of Southern California based on their skin color, language, occupation and location. Frimpong determines that using these factors alone or in combination to form “reasonable suspicion” does not comply with the constitutional requirement.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the strike temporary restraining orders were made as the lawsuit continued to travel through the district and the Court of Appeal. The final decision on whether immigration agents are unconstitutional or not may eventually return to the High Court.
“The order is too broad and is designed to hinder our ability to arrest and evacuate illegal immigrants in Los Angeles,” said Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, in an article about X.
“We are a legal country. Federal law enforcement is not negotiable and no court can cut it.” “If the plaintiffs do not agree to immigration laws, they should speak to Congress, not a single judge.”
Frimpong’s restrictive order covers Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. At that time, it seemed that it would end the raid. Arrests are reduced when performing smaller operations in car washes and outdoor warehouses continued.
Immigration authorities often face bystanders who yell at them and record their actions, saying they are just enforcing the law.
“More than half of our agents are Hispanic, and a Hispanic officer arrests anyone from another country, whether in Central or South America, whether in Africa or Europe, we will do the job like the way Congress allows us to allow us to do the job,” said Paul Perez, chairman of the National Border Patrol Commission, who represents 16,500 agents.
“We don’t just stop anyone because of their skin color…we are not doing anything that the law does not allow.”
But in the community where the raids occurred, this means a full recovery of fear that only fades away.
Angel Pineda, 47, comes to Westlake’s Home Depot every day to find a job, and has escaped four raids in the past few months.
He said every law enforcement action was standing in the blazing sun on Monday and the number of day workers that appeared decreased. He looked around the parking lot where 300 to 400 workers were used to be every day. Now, he usually figures out about 50. Many men who used to search for jobs with him have been arrested. But he continued to return because he needed to pay the rent.
“Now, this will become more complicated,” he said. “With the court’s authorization, Trump will send more people to catch the immigrants.”
Sonja Sharp, an employee, contributed to the story.
