SAN FRANCISCO—On September 8, the California Supreme Court voted in a 6-3 majority to lift the restrictions barring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from conducting immigration and removal operations in southern California.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling overturns the Los Angeles U.S. District Judge, Maame Frimpong’s July 11, order indicating that the immigration sweeps conducted by ICE under the direction of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through the Trump Administration “likely violated the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.” Judge Frimpong’s order applied to her court’s jurisdiction.

The following came directly from the Supreme Court Justice, Brett Kavanaugh:

“Concurring in the grant of the application for stay. I vote to grant the Government’s application for an interim stay pending appeal of the District Court’s injunction. The Immigration and Nationality Act authorize immigration officers to “interrogate any alien or person believed to be an alien as to his right to be or to remain in the United States.”

The complete text of the SCOTUS ruling may be found here.

This case was not on the schedule. It was taken through the emergency docket. Supreme Court Justices are not required to publish opinions from the emergency docket.

“Here, those circumstances include:

That there are an extremely high number and percentage of illegal immigrants in the Los Angeles area,

That those individuals tend to gather in certain locations to seek daily work,

That those individuals often work in certain kinds of jobs such as a day laborer, landscaping, agriculture, and construction, that do not require paperwork and are therefore especially attractive to illegal immigrants.

And that many of those illegally in the Los Angeles area come from Mexico or Central America and do not speak English.”— Justice Kavanagh

The three that voted against the immigration tactics imposed by ICE and the Trump Administration were the three Democrat appointed Justices.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has fought against the Trump Administration’s efforts to reduce the influx of illegal immigrants flooding across the U.S. border, beginning with those who have criminal histories first.

On September 8, Governor Newsom issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling:

“Trump’s hand-picked Supreme Court majority just became the Grand Marshal for a parade of racial terror in Los Angeles.

This isn’t about enforcing immigration laws — it’s about targeting Latinos and anyone who doesn’t look or sound like Stephen Miller’s idea of an American, including U.S. citizens and children, to deliberately harm California’s families and small businesses.

Trump’s private police force now has a green light to come after your family — and every person is now a target — but we will continue fighting these abhorrent attacks on Californians.”

White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor, Stephen Miller has fought to keep illegal aliens off the U.S. Census. And Miller reportedly encourages ICE agents to ramp up their efforts to achieve a new goal of 3,000 arrests per day.

As of August, the State of California has, and Governor Newsom has filed 37 lawsuits against the Trump Administration in the last seven months spending a reported $5 million.