From Ellis Island to ICE Raids: The Supreme Court Redefines Who Belongs
A nation of immigrants, now ruled by suspicion. The legal and human fallout of the September 2025 SCOTUS decision.
On September 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court quietly rewrote the rules of suspicion.
In a 6–3 decision issued via the shadow docket, without oral argument or a full written opinion, the Court lifted an injunction that had blocked ICE from conducting raids in Los Angeles. The legal question was whether ICE could consider someone’s race, language, and neig…
