Many Latinos have begun carrying ID with them at all times. But as Juanita Avila and Javier Ramirez will tell you, sometimes it doesn’t matter. ICE stopped them — seemingly on the basis of their skin color — and shoved them to the ground without offering them a chance to show ID.
Times Opinion gained access to a rare glimpse of ICE on patrol, reviewing 50 hours of body camera footage from a single night in Nashville. An investigation led by Lighthouse Reports first made the footage public.
The footage reveals a pattern of overt racial profiling that’s been approved by an unusual source: the Supreme Court. The court has effectively banned the consideration of race in college admissions and many other parts of American life, but last year it gave ICE a green light to stop people based on their appearance or accent. This video shows the alarming results.
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