Protesters Accuse Border Patrol Of Racial Profiling
The U.S. Border Patrol faced some tough accusations of racial profiling Saturday during a protest rally in McAllen. More than 200 people rallied around the streets of Archer Park, holding up signs saying that they want "rights not raids," referring to the recent bike patrols by the Border Patrol agents through the downtown area. Several civil rights organizations took part in the rally, including members of the United Farm Workers union who helped organize the protest. The group claims that the Border Patrol is targeting dark-skinned Hispanics in immigration sweeps in the area. "(Border Patrol agents) do racial profiling," said Roman Garcia, one of the protest organizers. "They see a white person walking around they don't go and ask him, 'Hey, where are your papers?' Why? Because he's white. But yet, there are white Mexicans too. But they don't want to take the risk even though they're not from here either."
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