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'Antagonized for being Hispanic': Growing claims of racial profiling in LA raids
- Immigration agents have been accused of racial profiling and constitutional violations during raids in Southern California, according to the ACLU.
- The ACLU alleges that people have been stopped, interrogated, and detained solely based on their apparent race and ethnicity.
- The Department of Homeland Security denies claims of racial profiling, stating that the enforcement actions were carried out lawfully.
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Out-of-Touch Cali Business Owner's Son Whines that ICE Violated His Rights by Walking Past 'Employees Only' Sign
The son of a California business owner complained that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents violated his rights by raiding his car wash to detain illegal workers. And like every liberal […] The post Out-of-Touch Cali Business Owner's Son Whines that ICE Violated His Rights by Walking Past 'Employees Only' Sign appeared first on The Western Journal.
‘Antagonized for being Hispanic’: Growing claims of racial profiling in LA raids
Emma de Paz was selling breakfast to day laborers outside a Los Angeles Home Depot on June 19 when immigration agents showed up. Some of them chased workers through the parking lot. Others rounded up the food cart vendors. De Paz was handcuffed, forced onto her knees, and driven to a federal detention center downtown.She called her brother, Carlos Barrera, from the facility.“They didn’t ask if she had papers or not. They just grabbed her and put…
Georgia Public Broadcasting
'Antagonized for being Hispanic': Growing claims of racial profiling in LA raids
Immigration agents are raiding known hubs for Latino workers: day laborer gathering spots, street vendor corners and car washes. Legal advocacy groups say their tactics are unconstitutional.
Andrea Vélez, a 32-year-old marketing designer, was arrested by the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) on June 24 when she was on her way to work in downtown Los Angeles. On June 12, 29-year-old Brian Gavidia worked at a trailer store in Montebello, California, when he was assaulted and immobilized by ICE officers. A little over a week earlier, 23-year-old electrician Elzon Lemus was stopped and pulled out of his car and handcuffed wh…
The Washington Hispanic
udgtvSince immigration agents raided their car wash in Southern California in June, José keeps looking at the images of their security cameras. The raid indignantly indignantly indignantly indignantly this 25-year-old who asked not to publish his last name for fear of his business being targeted again. “It felt like racial discrimination,” he said in an interview with AFP as he showed images of the raid on his business in Downey, a suburb of Los Ange…
ABC FOX Montana
In California, fear of racial profiling grips Latino communities
Since immigration police raided his car wash near Los Angeles last month, Jose has been constantly watching the video feeds from his 11 surveillance cameras.
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