US Tells Court Racial Profiling Ban Can’t Work in ‘Real World’

The Trump administration told a federal appeals court that legitimate immigration enforcement efforts in Los Angeles will be hurt by a temporary order that halted the use of racial profiling to target individuals for detention.

The July 11 order bars US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from stopping and questioning individuals without reasonable suspicion that they’re in the US illegally. The judge said that agents’ suspicion can’t be based on a person’s race or ethnicity, language or accent, presence in a specific location, or the type of work they do.