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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 02:10 PM Feb 2019

Apparently 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 suit

“This 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 O’Neal, “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
This kind of nonsense needs to be stopped. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #1
Can we deport this chucklehead to England for speaking English? Aristus Feb 2019 #2
trump empowers racism. he brings out the worse in people. spanone Feb 2019 #3
Notice to all tourists malaise Feb 2019 #4
"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.
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 02:51 PM
Feb 2019

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?
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 02:54 PM
Feb 2019

Land Of The Free my ass. We're becoming more and more like a police state every day...

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