Jayapal Statement on SCOTUS Ruling Greenlighting Racial Profiling

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling that allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to target people based on race:

“In overturning a lower court ruling, the Supreme Court is today greenlighting the use of racial profiling by an already rogue administration. Speaking Spanish or looking Latino are now acceptable precursors for law enforcement to stop someone in this country, according to the right-wing justices. This is a violation of our freedoms and a repeat performance of a Supreme Court that is continuing to consolidate power in itself and undermine lower court rulings made by judges appointed by both Democratic and Republican presidents. 

“The Supreme Court is enabling an authoritarian and increasing the already-low levels of trust that the American people have in the highest court in the land. They have allowed Trump to illegally strip funding from the National Institutes of Health, to deport people under the archaic Alien Enemies Act, and to fire federal workers without cause. Now they are allowing racial profiling. What a massive disservice to our country and our Constitution.

“The highest Court should not be a rubber stamp for the Trump administration. They should be upholding our Constitution, not trampling on our rights. The American people deserve so much better.”

Issues: Civil Rights, Immigration