Inland Latinos Alarmed by New Border Patrol Sweeps
Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 02:23PM
TheSpook
"It's one thing to arrest people, it's another thing
when they are targeting by race," Medina said. "This is harassment and
totally aggressive. And who are they stopping? They're stopping Latino
people, people with brown skin, that's who."
U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested more than
150 suspected illegal immigrants during a major sweep in Riverside and
San Bernardino counties that has caused panic in some heavily Latino
neighborhoods. According to the LA Times the sweeps
will continue indefinitely. [more] and [more] Pictured above:
Raul Chavez, manager of Cardenas Market in Ontario, said he had seen
immigration agents arrest people as they stepped off a bus.
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