SCOTUS Decision On LA ICE Raids Triggers All The Right People

Within hours of the Supreme Court’s decision allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to resume sweeps in Los Angeles, California, several prominent Democrats across the city and the state issued statements complaining about the ruling.

Fox News National Correspondent Bill Melugin shared a few of their comments — from Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) — in a post on X.

“Reactions to SCOTUS allowing immigration sweeps to restart in LA: Mayor Bass: ‘Today’s ruling is not only dangerous, it’s un-American.’ Gov. Newsom: ‘Trump’s hand-picked SCOTUS majority just became the Grand Marshal for a parade of racial terror in LA.’ ACLU: ‘Outrageous.'”

Reactions to SCOTUS allowing immigration sweeps to restart in LA:

Mayor Bass: “Today’s ruling is not only dangerous, it’s un-American”.

Gov. Newsom: “Trump’s hand-picked SCOTUS majority just became the Grand Marshal for a parade of racial terror in LA”.

ACLU: “Outrageous”

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 8, 2025

Newsom’s full statement went a bit further, claiming that the Trump administration planned to hunt down anyone who looked Latino: “Every person is now a target.”

“@realDonaldTrump’s hand-picked SCOTUS majority just became the Grand Marshal for a parade of racial terror in LA. His administration is targeting Latinos — and anyone who doesn’t look or sound like @StephenM’s idea of an American — to deliberately harm our families and economy.”

Trump’s private police force now has a green light to come after your family.

Every person is now a target.

California will continue to do all we can fight these abhorrent attacks on Californians.

— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) September 8, 2025

“Trump’s private police force now has a green light to come after your family. Every person is now a target. California will continue to do all we can fight these abhorrent attacks on Californians,” Newsom continued.

“I want the entire nation to hear me when I say this isn’t just an attack on the people of LA, this is an attack on every person in every city in this country. Today’s ruling is not only dangerous – it’s un-American and threatens the fabric of personal freedom in the U.S.,” Mayor Bass said.

I want the entire nation to hear me when I say this isn’t just an attack on the people of LA, this is an attack on every person in every city in this country.

Today’s ruling is not only dangerous – it’s un-American and threatens the fabric of personal freedom in the U.S. https://t.co/mFU4ZCh93L

— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) September 8, 2025

At the nation’s highest court, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor registered her complaint as well, sounding quite a bit like the elected Democrats who object to federal immigration agents being permitted to enforce federal immigration laws.

“Instead of allowing the District Court to consider these troubling allegations in the normal course, a majority of this Court decides to take the once-extraordinary step of staying the District Court’s order. That decision is yet another grave misuse of our emergency docket,” Sotomayor protested. “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.”

Sotomayor dissent on SCOTUS decision on ICE raids in LA: “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I…

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) September 8, 2025