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The United States Supreme Court issued a controversial decision, removing legal limits that previously restricted the Donald Trump administration from conducting home searches in the Los Angeles area to enforce immigration enforcement policies. With this ruling, the government gained greater freedom to authorize raids on private homes based on criteria considered broad, such as whether residents spoke Spanish in their daily lives or gathered in places frequented by migrant day laborers.

The ruling generated a strong wave of criticism from civil rights organizations and pro-immigrant activists, who denounced the measure as opening the door to racial and linguistic profiling, violating constitutional guarantees of privacy, due process, and non-discrimination. For some observers, the ruling represents a historic setback for civil liberties, as it legitimized the state's use of cultural or ethnic markers as a pretext for exercising coercive measures against vulnerable communities.

Politically, the decision was interpreted as a key victory for the Trump administration, which throughout its term sought to tighten immigration policies and weaken local protections established in cities like Los Angeles, recognized as one of the country's leading "sanctuary cities." The judicial authorization to act with greater discretion reinforced the federal government's strategy of pressuring communities with a high Latino and immigrant presence, generating a climate of fear and uncertainty. At the same time, it fulfilled one of its campaign promises, one that citizens have overwhelmingly applauded.

At the same time, the ruling exposed the growing ideological divide within the Supreme Court, marked by a conservative bloc that supported executive prerogatives over immigration and national security, versus a progressive minority that warned of the consequences of eroding fundamental rights. This fracture reflects the broader polarization in American society around immigration, a central issue in political debate for years.

On the streets of Los Angeles, community leaders and immigrant advocates denounced the measure as not only criminalizing those seeking better job opportunities, but also fostering distrust of authorities and weakening social cohesion. They also warned that the Supreme Court ruling could serve as a dangerous precedent for extending these practices to other regions of the country, increasing the vulnerability of millions of immigrants and U.S. citizens of Latino origin.