"How is it that it is only Latinos that are getting arrested here? We're not the only immigrants in the state?" On
Friday, two Southern California lawmakers suggested that the U.S.
Customs and Border Patrol is targeting Latinos during immigration
raids, such as those carried out recently in the Inland Empire and San
Diego. "The Border Patrol has expressed its intention to only capture
individuals who are selling counterfeit immigration documents," said
Assemblyman Marco A. Firebaugh, D-South Gate. "Yet, some of these raids
have taken place outside of neighborhood supermarkets, bus stops,
apartments and hospitals. We must investigate the true motive of these
incidents and ensure that people's civil rights are not being
violated." [more]
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