FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 9, 2025 

MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier, c: 530-723-2426, rsteier@lccrsf.org 

***PRESS STATEMENT***

Bianca Sierra Wolff, Executive Director of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, condemned the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling that authorizes federal immigration officers to conduct stops without reasonable suspicion in California:

“Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court’s its decision to stay a temporary restraining order in Vasquez-Perdomo v. Noem gave federal immigration agents a green light to resume their campaign of fear and racial profiling across Southern California. This decision effectively sanctions the Trump administration’s unconstitutional approach of stopping individuals based on nothing more than their apparent race, the language they speak, or the job they work.  

Reasonable suspicion is a bedrock principle of civil rights. This opinion eviscerates this foundational constitutional requirement for arrest and detention. But as Justice Sotomayor stated in her powerful dissent, we should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone for looking Latino, speaking Spanish, and working a low-wage job. 

The Supreme Court has empowered federal agents to continue their strategy of building fear among our communities. Today’s decision invites the Trump administration to rely on racial profiling to intimidate and detain our friends and neighbors.  

This ruling is a devastating setback for civil rights, but it is not the end of this fight. We will use every tool at our disposal to oppose discriminatory profiling in the San Francisco Bay Area, and continue to litigate, advocate, and defend the Fourth Amendment rights of every person in our community.  

You are not alone. We are your neighbors, your advocates, and your partners in this struggle. We will continue to fight for a community where all families can feel secure and where everyone’s constitutional rights are respected. LCCRSF’s commitment to the San Francisco Bay Area’s immigrant community is unwavering.” 

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