GLAD Law Condemns Supreme Court’s ICE Ruling as Endorsement of Racial Profiling

The Supreme Court's ICE ruling reads as a blatant endorsement of racial profiling, jeopardizing Latino, Black, and LGBTQ+ communities' safety.

Statement from Ricardo Martinez, Executive Director of GLAD Law:

We are outraged by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the authority of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to indiscriminately target people in Los Angeles simply for speaking Spanish or looking Latino. This ruling reads as a blatant endorsement of racial profiling and a green light for state-sanctioned harassment. It tells our communities that the mere fact of our existence - our language, our skin - is grounds for suspicion and punishment. This is not justice. This ruling undermines the very idea of equal protection under the law.

For LGBTQ+ immigrants, asylees, refugees, and for Black and Brown communities who are already disproportionately policed, this decision further jeopardizes our safety and dignity. Its consequences will be deeply felt by queer people living at the intersections of multiple forms of oppression. We stand in firm opposition to the racist, anti-immigrant, and anti-LGBTQ+ systems that enable racialized surveillance and deny people their rights based on perceived identity. Everyone deserves safety, respect, and freedom from government-sanctioned discrimination.