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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts)
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 01:54 PM Jun 2019

U.S. Border Patrol Profiling Minorities In Spokane, Lawsuit Says

SPOKANE, WA — A Washington man who was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) at a Spokane Greyhound bus stop is suing the agency for illegally detaining him. The suit comes about two months after Portland comedian Mohanad Elshieky filed a complaint against the agency for the same type of activity.

The Northeast Immigrants Rights Project (NWIRP) says that Border Patrol has been using the Spokane bus stop as a hub for arrests and detentions based off of racial profiling.

In July 2017, Andres Sosa Segura was traveling from Montana back to Washington when Border Patrol agents detained him at the Spokane Intermodal Center in the downtown area. Sosa claims that the agents singled him out because he was the only Latino on the bus.

"[Sosa] was unlawfully restrained and detained for hours when United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents singled him out based on his Latino appearance while he was changing buses at the Spokane Intermodal Center in July 2017," the lawsuit says.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-border-patrol-profiling-minorities-in-spokane-lawsuit-says/ar-AADrI9D

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U.S. Border Patrol Profiling Minorities In Spokane, Lawsuit Says (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2019 OP
Jackbooted thugs Amyishere Jun 2019 #1
a hate crime committed by law enforcement DBoon Jun 2019 #2

Amyishere

(69 posts)
1. Jackbooted thugs
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 02:00 PM
Jun 2019

and all they need is the swastika, but they hide it in their hearts. However, the actions of ICE, DHS, and CBP show themselves for what they are. Fascists.

DBoon

(22,366 posts)
2. a hate crime committed by law enforcement
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 02:21 PM
Jun 2019

the purpose of these stops is to intimidate members of specific ethnic groups, to let them know they "don't belong here"

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