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Demovictory9

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Mon Jun 16, 2025, 02:49 PM Jun 2025

"What hospital were you born at?" the Border Patrol agent asked. [View all]

‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is Questioned - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/hispanic-americans-raids-citizenship.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU8.Wkac.BAb3tCnvD3bG&smid=url-share



‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is Questioned
A raid in Montebello, Calif., has stirred fears that federal agents are detaining and racially profiling U.S. citizens of Hispanic descent.


They swept into the Southern California car lot last Thursday at 4:32 p.m. — masked and armed Border Patrol agents in an unmarked white S.U.V.

One agent soon twisted Jason Brian Gavidia’s arm and pressed him against a black metal fence outside the lot where he runs an auto body shop in Montebello, a working-class suburb east of the Los Angeles city limits. Another officer then asked him an unusual question to prove whether he was a U.S. citizen or an undocumented immigrant.

“What hospital were you born at?” the Border Patrol agent asked.

Mr. Gavidia, 29, was born only a short drive from where they were standing, in East Los Angeles. He did not know the hospital’s name. “I was born here,” he shouted at the agent, adding, “I’m an American, bro!”

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“I know enough to know this is not right at all,” Mr. Gavidia said in an interview. “Latinos in general are getting attacked. We’re all getting attacked.”

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Never end a sentence with a preposition BOSSHOG Jun 2025 #1
That is a rule up with which I shall not put!---Churchill Maeve Jun 2025 #2
I loved my English Teacher BOSSHOG Jun 2025 #9
A reply which follows this rule: EYESORE 9001 Jun 2025 #7
"At Harvard we don't end our sentences with a preposition." Lucky Luciano Jun 2025 #14
That was Joe Pesci in "With Honors" JoseBalow Jun 2025 #16
I don't know the movie EYESORE 9001 Jun 2025 #22
Found it! Lucky Luciano Jun 2025 #23
You must not read anything by DENVERPOPS Jun 2025 #18
What about people who weren't born in hospitals? Are they now barred from citizenship? Crunchy Frog Jun 2025 #3
I, for one, DENVERPOPS Jun 2025 #19
"stirred fears that federal agents are detaining and racially profiling U.S. citizens of Hispanic descent. " Attilatheblond Jun 2025 #4
It's just too F***ing bad DENVERPOPS Jun 2025 #20
Decent people tend not to think the worst of strangers Attilatheblond Jun 2025 #24
I was born in a hospital that gives me the right to tell you to kiss my ass. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #5
I was born in a field. KentuckyWoman Jun 2025 #6
like my three sisters before me CatWoman Jun 2025 #8
I was born in a crossfire hurricane. dem4decades Jun 2025 #10
Winner! dchill Jun 2025 #11
Nice grammar. BlueTsunami2018 Jun 2025 #12
How about you? Godot51 Jun 2025 #13
Ask the officer DENVERPOPS Jun 2025 #21
I was born in Los Angeles in a hospital that has long been torn down. So, what does that bit on info buy ICE, iluvtennis Jun 2025 #15
What hole did you come out of, ICEberg? Wonder Why Jun 2025 #17
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