Maybe because this is also happening? Maybe?


North Carolina residents claim feds arrested US citizens in immigration sweep

U.S. citizens claim Border Patrol agents in North Carolina are arresting people indiscriminately without first confirming immigration status in a lawsuit seeking federal court intervention.

In a class action filed against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, five residents accuse federal officers of racial profiling during the Operation Charlotte Web immigration crackdown in November, an approach they say has led to the wrongful arrests of U.S. citizens.

Homeland Security is continuing to stop people in public and make arrests without reasonable suspicion or probable cause that the people they are detaining are not lawfully present in the country, the plaintiffs say, and agents have been profiling Latino residents. The agency is barred from making warrantless arrests without first confirming that the person is removable from the U.S. and is a flight risk, the plaintiffs claim in their suit.

“Agents grab people without making any inquiries into citizenship or immigration status or escape risk, often ignoring protestations that the individual has proof of status on their person,” write the plaintiffs, who are asking the court for injunctive relief. “Officers handcuff and transport arrested people miles away from arrest sites, dumping them on the side of the road once agents have confirmed that the individuals are lawfully present.”

https://www.courthousenews.com/north-carolina-residents-claim-feds-arrested-us-citizens-in-immigration-sweep/