Los Angeles leaders slam 'highly prejudicial' Supreme Court ruling on immigration raids

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00:00Who has been a partner in this litigation, Mayor Karen Bass.

00:06Thank you, thank you, thank you.

00:08Today, the Supreme Court, the very body that used to advance civil rights and defend personal liberties,

00:18has now given the green light for law enforcement to profile and detain Angelenos based on their race.

00:26I want the entire nation to hear me when I say this isn't just an attack on the people of Los Angeles.

00:34This is an attack on every person in this city and in every city in our country.

00:41I dissent, and I agree with her, I dissent.

00:45We all dissent, because from the beginning, the rule of law used to mean something,

00:51not just to us, but to the Supreme Court.

00:54But now, with the stroke of a pen, the Supreme Court has undermined the rights of millions.

01:00And how ironic is it that this same Supreme Court that ruled colleges cannot use race

01:08in the admissions process has now ruled that law enforcement can use race to conduct raids and detain people.

01:17Will that same Supreme Court next decide that it's okay if we are separate but equal?

01:23That some can marry but others can't?

01:25That rights apply to some groups and not to others?

01:28That they will ignore precedent and do whatever the White House wishes?

01:32We will not be silenced.

01:36And we will stop, we will not stop fighting until the Constitution is not only preserved.

01:42By siding with the Trump administration, this court majority has revealed itself as highly prejudicial

01:48and has further empowered authoritarianism in this country.

01:53Immigration agents are now being given the power to profile, stop, detain, and arrest people

01:58because of the color of their skin, the language they speak, or the work that they do.

02:05In doing so, they have effectively legalized racial profiling and, by extension, racial discrimination.

02:22We may be losing in the courts for now, temporarily.

02:28But I can tell you that the public opinion is shifting nationally about immigration.

02:39And it's shifting not because there is a political class that's fighting hard and strong.

02:44It's shifting because people are standing up and bearing witness of the cruelty that's happening

02:49in these home depots and everywhere in our city.

02:53That's why public opinion is shifting.

02:55In this case, we are proud to be plaintiffs in a similar case that was a little earlier this year

03:01in the Eastern District.

03:05And, you know, at first this administration was telling us, oh, we're only going after the criminals.

03:09And then they tell us, oh, we're only going after the undocumented people.

03:11And then it's only immigrants that we're really rounding up here.

03:15You know, what's next?

03:16We know that there are citizens who are also collateral damage.

03:19And, you know, there's a point where you have to realize that when any one demographic

03:23begins to lose the very most basic rights that this country was founded upon, once those

03:27rights begin to erode for one group, they begin to erode for everyone.

03:31So when it happens to them, watch, because it will happen to you.

03:37We're back up.

03:40Hello.

03:40Today the Supreme Court gave the green light for the government to restart raids across

03:47Los Angeles.

03:49But here's what this ruling does not change.

03:51Angelino still have rights.

03:54And all of these people, all of our community organizations, legal advocates and neighbors

03:58here are ready to defend those rights.

04:01This fight is far from over.

04:03We are working in court, in our neighborhoods, and in solidarity across the country to make

04:09sure this decision is not the final word.

04:13We will not stop until our Constitution's promise of equal protection applies to everyone.

04:19And we will keep fighting every day until every Angelino can live with safety, dignity, and freedom.

04:27Thank you very much.

04:28Hello, Mohamed Tajsar, that's M-O-H-A-M-M-A-D-T-A-J-S-A-R.

04:39And so today, I'm not going to mince words, today is a loss for people's dignity, for people's

04:44rights, for people's security and safety.

04:47That is absolutely true.

04:48But it is not the end of the road.

04:50And we as lawyers and we as community members are going to continue to build the evidence

04:55necessary to bring to the court system, including the Supreme Court, and show them that actually

05:01what is happening here in the city of Los Angeles is wrong and violates people's constitutional

05:07rights.

05:07And I think they will get the unmistakable picture that we will present to them, and we

05:12will get the victory.

05:14If not today, we will get it soon.

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