Supreme Court allowed controversial immigration stops in L.A. What does the ruling mean for Chicago?

The U.S. Supreme Court last week allowed federal agents to continue stopping people based on race, language and other factors in California amid the same immigration campaign that expanded Tuesday into Chicago — but it did so in an “entirely unexplained” order.

So while the high court seemed to be sending a signal about its position on racial profiling, it’s not clear that the law actually changed with the Sept. 8 order that revolved around “Operation At Large” and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

A National Immigrant Justice Center official told the Chicago Sun-Times his organization is “working from the position that the law is what it is … unless and until the Supreme Court majority provides better guidance.”

For now, the public only has access to writings from Justice Brett Kavan