Kavanaugh stop

English en 2025-09-27 Etymology en Brett Kavanaugh = Supreme Court Justice. Proper noun en US law dysphemism A practice in which federal agents detain a person based on their ethnicity, spoken language, and occupation. en Samantha J. Gross Critics of Trump’s immigration crackdown are using the term ‘Kavanaugh stop.’ Here’s what it means. w:The Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/newsletters/starting-point-ice-kavanaugh-stop-immigration/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260329184328/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/newsletters/starting-point-ice-kavanaugh-stop-immigration/ 7 October 2025 29 March 2026 Shortly thereafter, Drexel University law professor Anil Kalhan dubbed ICE’s racially motivated activity as "Kavanaugh stops," a term that has also been promoted by Sherrilyn Ifill, a civil rights lawyer at Howard University. The term stems from a concurring opinion written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who said that officers may detain someone if they have “a reasonable suspicion” that the person is in the US without legal status. en 2026-02-03 Ricardo Pimentel As the ICE crackdown continues, empathy lives and hope stays alive Wisconsin Examiner Justice Brett Kavanaugh undid an order by a lower court that barred immigration authorities from using ethnicity as cause to arrest and detain. This is now appropriately called the Kavanaugh Stop. en 2026-04-17 Audie Cornish; Elliot Williams Sotomayor Apologizes for Kavanaugh Comments; Hegseth Recites Fake Bible Quote CNN This Morning CORNISH: First, remind people what a Kavanaugh stop is, because it's very controversial.WILLIAMS: Right. Well, the – a Kavanaugh stop does not exist. That is just a term that advocates have given. Now, in a concurrence, in an opinion about when migrants can be stopped in the United States, Kavanaugh, Justice Kavanaugh, laid out a number of factors that that can be considered, including language, one's occupation, where they're found, and so on. Many advocates regard it as racial profiling. en Racism