Lawmakers Question Immigration Raids

"How is it that it is only Latinos that are getting arrested here? We're not the only immigrants in the state?" On Friday, two Southern California lawmakers suggested that the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol is targeting Latinos during immigration raids, such as those carried out recently in the Inland Empire and San Diego. "The Border Patrol has expressed its intention to only capture individuals who are selling counterfeit immigration documents," said Assemblyman Marco A. Firebaugh, D-South Gate. "Yet, some of these raids have taken place outside of neighborhood supermarkets, bus stops, apartments and hospitals. We must investigate the true motive of these incidents and ensure that people's civil rights are not being violated." [more]