The Supreme Court’s recent decision to allow federal agents to resume detaining people based on appearance, accent, or where they work should alarm every American citizen (“Supreme Court lifts restrictions on L.A. immigration stops set after agents swept up U.S. citizens,” Sept. 8). This ruling, though framed as a temporary stay, strikes at the heart of our Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.

The Court has effectively endorsed a system where anyone who looks or sounds a certain way can be stopped and asked to prove their right to exist in public space. That is not a narrow immigration issue — it is a dangerous erosion of liberty for all. If the government can stop one group of people based on how they look or speak, it can stop anyone.

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