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Government Records Allegedly Show Pattern of Racial Profiling in Southern California Immigration Stops, Plaintiffs Tell Federal Court
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Davis Vanguard
Plaintiffs allege internal directives encouraged agents to maximize arrests, even when individuals were not the subjects of immigration investigations.
Plaintiffs also contend that agents routinely used the existence of a single investigative target as a pretext to stop other Latino individuals nearby.
Plaintiffs further contend evidence showed officers frequently ignored white-appearing workers while stopping Latino workers performing similar jobs and also detained Latino customers while leaving white-appearing customers alone.
She added that the government’s own records expose a pattern of racial profiling that violates some of the Constitution’s most fundamental protections.
The suit alleges unconstitutional stop-and-detention practices tied to arbitrary immigration enforcement quotas.