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Eric B. Skeetin
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![The State and the Government disagree about
whether the immigration officers have violated the Constitution in
making certain immigration stops and arrests. The basic constitutional
rules governing that dispute are longstanding and clear: The Fourth
Amendment requires that immigration stops must be based on
reasonable suspicion of illegal presence, stops must be brief, arrests must
be based on probable cause, and officers must not employ excessive force.
Moreover, the officers must not make interior immigration stops or
arrests based on race or ethnicity. Cf. Whren v. United States, 517 U. S.
806, 813 (1996) (“[T]he Constitution prohibits selective enforcement of
the law based on considerations such as race”). This application does not
require us to delve into the parties’ underlying dispute and to determine
whether any particular immigration encounter or series of encounters in
Illinois has violated those basic constitutional principles.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ns6x233scxcw3jah4zdvfaq6/bafkreidpkyexa7ivobq5jtmcoiuspietibissvhbf4kcin2kzlp4yctg7y)
