Los Angeles’ mayor and leaders from several immigrant rights groups on Monday denounced the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow federal immigration agents to racially profile people in Southern California, calling it a blow to civil rights.

“The Supreme Court ... has now given the green light for law enforcement to profile and detain Angelenos based on their race,” Mayor Karen Bass told reporters outside the Home Depot in the Westlake district.

“We will not stand for this type of discrimination and racism.”

The high court granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to lift a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong that barred government agents from engaging in “roving patrols” and detaining people based on their appearance.

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