California Democratic lawmakers criticized the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday to allow federal immigration agents to stop and detain anyone they suspect of being in the United States illegally — a move critics are calling “blatant racial profiling.”

In a 6-3 vote , the justices granted an emergency appeal and lifted a Los Angeles judge’s order that prohibited so-called “roving patrols” from picking up people off the streets based on how they look, the language they speak, where they work, or where they happen to be at the time.

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