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Sotomayor Slams Kavanaugh Over Immigration Profiling Practices

4/9/2026

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized Justice Brett Kavanaugh for supporting racial profiling in immigration stops at the University of Kansas School of Law event.
Sotomayor argued Kavanaugh's privileged background shapes his view, obscuring consequences for working-class families.
She noted that even brief detentions can harm families.
She condemned Kavanaugh's concurrence in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo for allowing ethnicity- and language-based profiling, known as Kavanaugh Stops, which has led to wrongful detentions.

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized Justice Brett Kavanaugh for supporting racial profiling in immigration stops at the University of Kansas School of Law event.
Sotomayor argued Kavanaugh's privileged background shapes his view, obscuring consequences for working-class families.
She noted that even brief detentions can harm families.
She condemned Kavanaugh's concurrence in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo for allowing ethnicity- and language-based profiling, known as Kavanaugh Stops, which has led to wrongful detentions.