FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 9, 2025

WASHINGTON—The head of NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice condemned as unjust, dangerous, and shocking the U.S. Supreme Court overturning two lower court rulings that blocked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from targeting people for arrest without any reasonable suspicion of their immigration status.

Laurie Carafone, Executive Director of NETWORK, stated:

“With this decision, the Supreme Court surrendered our most basic constitutional rights against unlawful search to President Trump’s corrupt mass deportation machine. NETWORK condemns this unjust and dangerous decision that fails to protect the most basic constitutional rights of all who call this country home. Racial profiling is morally repugnant and a serious denial of a person’s inherent dignity.

“This will only encourage the government to continue allowing masked federal agents to round up thousands of individuals. It is especially shocking because often the people being detained don’t even know who these masked persons are, because agents refuse to provide their names or identity and wear clothes that do not identify them as ICE. It evokes other countries’ military dictatorships in which people are ‘disappeared.’ These actions—and court’s decisions that support them—are the opposite of the Gospel values.

“As we lament this decision, NETWORK and our faithful allies will continue to work for an immigration system that honors and protects the dignity of all people, without exception.”

Founded by Catholic Sisters in 1971, NETWORK is an inclusive, national, Catholic advocacy organization open to all who share our values, working for justice and equity for everyone. For 53 years, NETWORK has educated, organized, and lobbied for federal policies that serve the common good and honor the dignity of all people. 

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