Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) highlighted a U.S. citizen on his social media web page after the person stated he used to be wrongfully detained through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Wednesday whilst using in to paintings.
“ICE detained a U.S. citizen in Northern Virginia with guns drawn. He offered to show ID and told the officers he was an American citizen, but they handcuffed him anyway,” Beyer wrote in a Friday submit on social platform X.
“The man is a [President] Trump voter, but says he is reconsidering his support after he was targeted for being Hispanic,” the submit endured.
Jensy Machado, a naturalized citizen, stated he used to be installed handcuffs after being stopped through law enforcement officials who stated they’d a deportation order for somebody who used to be indexed underneath his house deal with.
“I voted for Trump last election, but, because I thought it was going to be the things, you know, like … just go against criminals, not every Hispanic looking, like, that they will assume that we are all illegals,” Machado advised Telemundo 44, who first reported the tale.
“That’s what they’re doing, now. They’re just following Hispanic people,” he added.
ICE didn’t instantly reply to The Hill’s request for remark at the subject.
The Trump management has ordered the company to ramp up the seek for immigrants missing everlasting standing so to perform the biggest deportation within the nation’s historical past.
Beyer isn’t the primary lawmaker to precise worry concerning the detainments. Remaining month, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) demanded solutions from ICE officers after seeing an uptick in experiences of wrongful detainment.
“If you’re not out looking for criminals based on crimes committed, but undocumented immigrants based on their looks, you’re going to sweep up a lot of innocent people, including innocent citizens,” the Maryland Democrat stated, in step with a observation acquired through NBC Information.
“We’ve already seen cases of racial and ethnic profiling leading to the unlawful detention of U.S. citizens. That’s why I’m demanding answers about some of these profoundly troubling stories we’ve heard about citizens being targeted, detained and questioned,” he added.
