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Immigration officers called Latinos racial slurs during stops: Video

Headline from KXAN Austin

Videos obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) show federal immigration officers using racial slurs to refer to Latinos they encountered at traffic stops.

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  1. Los Angeles Times

    Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Body camera footage and forensically recovered texts, which provide a window into the mindset of agents who conducted raids throughout the L.A. area, were detailed in a 37-page motion for a preliminary injunction filed on Monday.

  2. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Civil rights groups allege immigration agents used racial slurs during LA raids, report says (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    Civil rights groups allege that some agents involved in immigration raids in Los Angeles last summer used racial slurs when referring to some of the people detained during the operations.

  3. ABC 13 Houston

    Civil rights groups allege immigration agents used racial slurs during Los Angeles, California raids, report says (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    Civil rights groups alleged immigration agents used racial slurs during Los Angeles, California raids, a report says.

  4. The Guardian

    ICE agents used racial slurs during Los Angeles crackdown, court files show (opens The Guardian)

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    Agents accused in lawsuit of using anti-immigrant slurs and denigrating undocumented Mexicans ICE agents deployed last summer to the Los Angeles area referred to the subjects of their immigration operations with racial slurs, according to newly released court documents.

  5. ABC News

    ICE agents used racial slurs to refer to Latinos, videos and texts appear to show (opens ABC News)

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    ABC News's feed description

    ICE agents in Los Angeles used slurs to refer to Latinos, body camera footage released in court filings appears to show.

  6. KESQ Palm Springs

    ACLU: Federal agents used racial slurs to target Latinos in SoCal stops (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - Federal agents allegedly used racial slurs to target Latinos while carrying out an ongoing campaign of "suspicionless and discriminatory'' immigration enforcement stops in the Los Angeles area, according to a federal court filing obtained today.

  7. KQED News

    Court Records Show Federal Agents Used Slurs While Targeting People During Immigration Sweeps (opens KQED News)

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    KQED News's feed description

    Court records obtained by CalMatters show that immigration agents used slurs during the raids last year.

  8. KXAN Austin

    Immigration officers called Latinos racial slurs during stops: Video (opens KXAN Austin)

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    KXAN Austin's feed description

    Videos obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) show federal immigration officers using racial slurs to refer to Latinos they encountered at traffic stops.

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