Commentary: It's not just Latinos. Supreme Court says all brown people are suspicious

"What makes someone suspicious enough to be grabbed by masked federal authorities? Is it a Mexican family eating dinner at a table near a taco truck? Afghan women in hijabs working at a Middle Eastern market? South Asian girls in colorful lehengas, speaking Hindi at an Indian wedding? According to Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, writing a concurrence in the Supreme Court's emergency ruling allowing roving immigration raids in Los Angeles, any of these could be fair game, using law and "common sense.""

"Brown people, speaking brown languages, hanging out with other brown people, and doing brown people things like working low-wage jobs now meets the legal standard of "reasonable suspicion" required for immigration stops. Living while brown has become the new driving while Black. Of course, this particular high court ruling - and our general angst - has centered on Latino immigrants. That's fair, and understandable. In California, about half of our immigrants are from Mexico, and thousands more from other Latin and South American countries."

Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh's concurrence in a Supreme Court emergency ruling permits roving immigration raids in Los Angeles based on perceived "common sense" indicators. Everyday scenes—families eating near taco trucks, women in hijabs at markets, South Asian girls at weddings—are cited as potential grounds for "reasonable suspicion." The ruling equates brown appearance, language, and association with illegality and normalizes racialized policing. Latino immigrants are primary targets in many regions, but immigrants from Africa and Asia also face increasing risk. Political rhetoric and rising white nationalism have expanded enforcement and deepened racial subordination while weakening cross-community solidarity.

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