

Yes, but they still need to have reasonable suspicion to do so. They can’t just sweep an area and pick up every brown person they think might be in the country illegally. Outside of an official border crossing they need to be looking for specific individuals.
Just like police have the ability to pull over a driver, but they can’t just do it because they feel like it. Without reasonable suspicion it’s an illegal stop.
This seems really important and not like a petty attempt at distraction at all.