Trump officials asked the justices to immediately halt the order from U.S. District Judge Maame E. Frimpong in Los Angeles. She found a “mountain of evidence” that enforcement tactics were violating the U.S. Constitution in what the plaintiffs called “roving patrols.”

The Trump administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to allow immigration enforcement in Los Angeles to continue unhindered. A district court judge should not be able to “micromanage” immigration enforcement in a district where one in every 10 individuals is an illegal alien,

A lower court had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like race or speaking Spanish.