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New Evidence Shows Agents Using Slurs, Bolstering Profiling Claims
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Civil rights groups allege that the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign involved blatant racial profiling, targeting immigrants based on race and ethnicity during aggressive immigration sweeps in multiple U.S. cities.
- Evidence from body-camera footage, text messages, and court documents reveals federal agents used derogatory terms such as “tonks” and “wet” to describe Mexican immigrants and specifically targeted “older Hispanic males” during operations.
- Despite established legal protections against questioning or detaining individuals solely based on race or ethnicity, recent Supreme Court actions, including a provisional ruling by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, have signaled a potential shift allowing racial profiling in immigration enforcement.
- Lawsuits challenging these practices are ongoing in lower courts, with final resolutions and further Supreme Court review expected to take months or years.
