The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court restraining order that had limited Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents’ ability to conduct immigration stops in Los Angeles.

The restraining order, issued by U.S. District Judge Maame E. Frimpong, barred ICE from stopping individuals solely based on race, language, occupation, or location.

The big picture: The ruling was a 6-3 decision, with the conservative majority siding with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown efforts. • The Supreme Court did not provide detailed reasoning, a common practice in emergency orders, but Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion criticizing the lower court’s restrictions as overly broad and harmful to effective enforcement. • Kavanaugh warned that judicial second-

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