Connect the Dots 101

“Ms. Suda asked the supervisor if she and Ms. Hernandez would have been detained if they had been speaking French…

…”No,” he responded, “we don’t do that.” “Two women who were detained in a small town in Montana after a Border Patrol agent heard them speaking Spanish at a convenience store have settled for an undisclosed amount after filing a lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the A.C.L.U. of Montana said on Tuesday. The…

…”No,” he responded, “we don’t do that.”

“Two women who were detained in a small town in Montana after a Border Patrol agent heard them speaking Spanish at a convenience store have settled for an undisclosed amount after filing a lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the A.C.L.U. of Montana said on Tuesday.

The women, Ana Suda and Martha Hernandez, were detained for about 40 minutes on May 16, 2018, after a border patrol agent overheard them speaking Spanish while they were waiting in line to purchase milk and eggs at a Town Pump convenience store in Havre, Mont., a city of close to 10,000 about 35 miles south of the Canadian border.”

www.nytimes.com/2020/11/26/us/montana-spanish-border-patrol.html

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