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IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,301 posts)
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:00 PM Jun 15

Racial profiling based on skin color as Border Patrol conducts 'roving patrols,' detains U.S. citizens

As immigration operations have unfolded across Southern California in the last week, lawyers and advocates say people are being targeted because of their skin color.


https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-15/latinos-targeted-in-raids-u-s-citizens-detained-indiscriminate-sweeps-home-depot-lots-targeted

Fears of racial profiling rise as Border Patrol conducts ‘roving patrols,’ detains U.S. citizens

Brian Gavidia was recently targeted in a federal immigration raid at his workplace. “I’m American, bro!” he told agents who confronted him. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times)

By Brittny Mejia and Rachel Uranga
June 15, 2025 3 AM PT


Brian Gavidia had stepped out from working on a car at a tow yard in a Los Angeles suburb Thursday, when armed, masked men — wearing vests with “Border Patrol” on them — pushed him up against a metal gate and demanded to know where he was born.

“I’m American, bro!” 29-year-old Gavidia pleaded, in video taken by a friend.

“What hospital were you born?” the agent barked.

“I don’t know, dawg!” he said. “East L.A., bro! I can show you: I have my f—ing Real ID.”

His friend, whom Gavidia did not name, narrated the video: “These guys, literally based off of skin color! My homie was born here!” The friend said Gavidia was being questioned “just because of the way he looks.”

NOTE…NOW OF COURSE THE TRUMP GESTAPO THUGS LIE……

In a statement Saturday, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said U.S. citizens were arrested “because they ASSAULTED U.S. Border Patrol Agents.” (McLaughlin’s statement emphasized the word “assaulted” in all-capital and boldfaced letters.)


BULLSHIT !,! THESE WERE/ARE US CITIZENS THAT HOMELAND SECURITY ICE THUGS/GESTAPO HARASSED AND MANHANDLED !,

SAME AS THESE GESTAPO THUGS DID TO US SENATOR PADILLA

FUCK ICE !!!

Fuck TRUMP FASCISTS !!


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Racial profiling based on skin color as Border Patrol conducts 'roving patrols,' detains U.S. citizens (Original Post) IrishBubbaLiberal Jun 15 OP
A few white people have been swept up, but have any been deported? Bernardo de La Paz Jun 15 #1
A few have, but grabbed at airports. The random grabs from businesses are mostly Hispanic males Demovictory9 Jun 15 #3
i'm starting to think (as a pasty white guy)... ret5hd Jun 15 #2

ret5hd

(21,542 posts)
2. i'm starting to think (as a pasty white guy)...
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:57 PM
Jun 15

that right now might be one of the only socially acceptable times it might possibly be OK to wear “brown face”…you know, just to waste their time.

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