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Judge rejects profiling suit against Border Patrol in Ohio
Associated Press ^ | Feb 26, 2016 10:19 AM EST | John Seewer

Posted on 02/26/2016 7:56:54 AM PST by Olog-hai

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing U.S. Border Patrol agents who watch over Ohio near the Canadian border of routinely engaging in racial profiling to round up Hispanics. [...]

U.S. District Court Judge Jack Zouhary said race didn't play a role in the eight encounters with agents cited in the lawsuit.

Two groups that work with Hispanics and migrant workers in Ohio sued the Border Patrol over what they say was a pattern of profiling over six years. They also accused agents of using racially offensive and "dehumanizing" terms to describe Hispanics. An attorney with the U.S. Justice Department said the terms were used to describe immigration status and did not refer to a specific group. ...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderpatrol; liberalagenda; racialprofiling

1 posted on 02/26/2016 7:56:54 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Offensive terms like “gringo”?


2 posted on 02/26/2016 7:58:52 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Olog-hai

The only border Ohio has with Canada is Lake Erie.

One if by land, two if by sea?


3 posted on 02/26/2016 8:05:25 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine

I owned a condo in Lorain,Ohio from 2002-2006. It was a waterfront condo in a marina where we kept our boat.

There were regular ICE roadblocks on the road outside the development. Backups could be a half hour long. It really got on my nerves that you would have to wait in those backups “for no reason”.

Now I long for the days when we actually had border enforcement.


4 posted on 02/26/2016 8:17:37 AM PST by Bartholomew Roberts
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