A federal appeals court heard arguments on immigration detainment tactics used by Border Patrol agents during a recent operation. The court will consider whether the agents’ conduct was lawful and whether similar tactics are likely to recur. Its ruling will determine whether a lower court’s injunction restricting certain stops remains in effect.
The case centers on a Border Patrol operation in California. The plaintiffs stated border patrol’s tactics amounted to racial profiling and indiscriminate sweep of Latino and Hispanic agricultural workers, regardless of their legal status. Border patrol did detain individuals during this operation before a U.S. district judge barred agents from stopping individuals without reasonable suspicion. The appeal now places the lawfulness of these immigration detainment tactics squarely before the court.
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