Chokeholds, bikers and 'roving patrols': Are Trump's ICE tactics legal?

Source: Los Angeles Times

Chokeholds, bikers and 'roving patrols': Are Trump's ICE tactics legal?

Sonja Sharp
Mon, July 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM EDT·6 min read

An appellate court appears poised to side with the federal judge who blocked immigration agents from conducting "roving patrols" and snatching people off the streets of Southern California, likely setting up another Supreme Court showdown.

Arguments in the case were held Monday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, with the judges at times fiercely questioning the lawyer for the Trump administration about the constitutionality of seemingly indiscriminate sweeps by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

"I'm just trying to understand what would motivate the officers ... to grab such a large number of people so quickly and without marshaling reasonable suspicion to detain," said Judge Ronald M. Gould of Seattle.

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Arguments in the case hinge on a pair of dueling Golden State cases that together define the scope of relief courts can offer under the 4th Amendment.

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