The number of reported arrests is relatively few, but immigrant rights advocates said the operation appears to mark a shift in ICE tactics. Before this operation, local activists said, agents had been targeted in their tactics, presenting warrants at specific homes or detaining people at immigration court. Stopping people on the street in what appeared to be a fairly random fashion is new, they said.
In short, the Supreme Court decision not to uphold an injunction barring the use of racial profiling a basis for arrest is having fairly immediate consequences .
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So couldn’t you demand they display a badge if stopped? And failure to do so means they don’t have authority to detain you?
This is why everyone should walk around armed. Need to start passing out spears to protestors.
In a fair and just world, I would think so. But I don’t think they care about what authority they actually have.