Stop the Deportations! - Poster of the Week
- politicalgraphics
- Sep 12
- 3 min read
Alto Arizona
Joel "Rage One" Garcia
Greg Mares
Silkscreen, 2010
East Los Angeles, CA
40504
On Monday September 8th, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can continue operating ICE raids in cities like Los Angeles to “remove dangerous criminal illegal aliens from the streets.” The Perdomo v. Noem ruling reverses an earlier court ruling that barred immigration agents from stopping individuals without reasonable suspicion and from relying solely on four factors, including apparent race or ethnicity; speaking Spanish or English with an accent; presence in a particular location like a bus stop, car wash, or agricultural site; or the type of work.
This claim by the Trump administration and ICE that they are detaining people who are threats to safety and security is a lie. In fact, 70% of current detainees have no criminal record and those with criminal offenses were primarily minor offenses such as traffic violations.
The Big Beautiful Bill, signed earlier this year by President Trump, is expected to make the largest cuts in US history to federal spending on social services, including healthcare and food assistance programs. Cutting these programs makes low-income communities more vulnerable to violence.
CSPG’s Poster of the Week highlights a similar 2010 Arizona law. SB 1070, was a controversial anti-immigrant law, which invited the racial profiling of Latinos and other people who looked or sounded "foreign." In 2012, the U.S. The Supreme Court struck down three of four of S.B. 1070’s provisions but permitted Provision 1 which allows police to demand “papers” and investigate the immigration status of a person suspected of being undocumented. This provision allowed law enforcement to target someone based on skin color, last name, accent, perceived ethnicity, or vehicle. Both the ruling reversal of Perdomo v. Noem and SB 1070 are violations of the Fourth Amendment which protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause.
Donald Trump and his supporters have made it clear that they believe some people are more deserving of empathy and justice than others. We the people are entitled to fundamental rights under the Constitution, regardless of race or ethnicity. We will continue to support immigrant communities in Los Angeles and across the country. We are the United States.
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