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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApparently it is now illegal to speak Spanish in Trump's AmericKKKa: See Montana...
2 American women who were detained after speaking Spanish in Montana file suitThis changed our lives, I believe, forever, one of the women said. She has also said the incident made her young daughter afraid to speak Spanish.
By Daniella Silva Feb. 14, 2019, 3:26 PM CST
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on behalf of two American women who were detained after speaking Spanish at a convenience store in Montana.
Ana Suda and Martha Mimi Hernandez, who were both born in the United States, have said they were detained by a Border Patrol agent after he heard them chatting in Spanish while buying groceries at a store in Havre, Montana, in May. Their exchange with him was captured by the women on video.
The agent, Paul ONeal, singled out, detained, and interrogated the women because he heard them speaking Spanish, the lawsuit claims.
He offered no other justification for their detention, and there was no reason to believe that either Ms. Suda or Ms. Hernandez had violated any law, the suit says.
Ana Suda and Martha Mimi Hernandez, who were both born in the United States, have said they were detained by a Border Patrol agent after he heard them chatting in Spanish while buying groceries at a store in Havre, Montana, in May. Their exchange with him was captured by the women on video.
The agent, Paul ONeal, singled out, detained, and interrogated the women because he heard them speaking Spanish, the lawsuit claims.
He offered no other justification for their detention, and there was no reason to believe that either Ms. Suda or Ms. Hernandez had violated any law, the suit says.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/2-american-women-detained-after-speaking-spanish-montana-file-suit-n971716
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Apparently it is now illegal to speak Spanish in Trump's AmericKKKa: See Montana... (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Feb 2019
OP
"Nobody would expect to hear Spanish spoken in a state called Montana!"
struggle4progress
Feb 2019
#5
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,816 posts)1. This kind of nonsense needs to be stopped.
I live in New Mexico, and much of the time I hear people speaking Spanish to each other. Good lord, half of this state would be detained on a regular basis if Border Patrol agents here were as stupid as Mr. O'Neal.
Aristus
(66,294 posts)2. Can we deport this chucklehead to England for speaking English?
Land Of The Free my ass. We're becoming more and more like a police state every day...
spanone
(135,795 posts)3. trump empowers racism. he brings out the worse in people.
malaise
(268,715 posts)4. Notice to all tourists
Stay away from the US of A
struggle4progress
(118,236 posts)5. "Nobody would expect to hear Spanish spoken in a state called Montana!"