>Already, there have been a handful of documented examples of raids and confrontations at Puerto Rican businesses, despite Puerto Ricans having automatic U.S. citizenship.
>The raids have startled Puerto Ricans, who are rushing to get passports out of fear that they could be targeted just for speaking Spanish or having brown skin.
>In Newark on January 23, a dozen agents raided Ocean Seafood Depot during which they targeted, among others, the Puerto Rican warehouse manager, a U.S. military veteran who Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said “suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”
>The warehouse manager has declined media interviews given the crush of attention. But his treatment appalled those who know him.
>“He’s been a worker here for a few years,” a coworker told *The Bulwark,* speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of being targeted. “We were shocked this happened because he’s a U.S. citizen.”
This is possibly the stupidest headline I’ve ever read and the worst part is I don’t doubt it for a second
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Ive always felt like MAGA world and probably a healthy chunk of ICE agents view Puerto Ricans as “american citizens” like yeah they got the right paperwork and such to keep you from locking them up but theyre brown and speak spanish a lot so theyre not *real* Americans and we should get to deport them anyway if Pence has the courage to do the right thing
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>Already, there have been a handful of documented examples of raids and confrontations at Puerto Rican businesses, despite Puerto Ricans having automatic U.S. citizenship.
>The raids have startled Puerto Ricans, who are rushing to get passports out of fear that they could be targeted just for speaking Spanish or having brown skin.
>In Newark on January 23, a dozen agents raided Ocean Seafood Depot during which they targeted, among others, the Puerto Rican warehouse manager, a U.S. military veteran who Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said “suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”
>The warehouse manager has declined media interviews given the crush of attention. But his treatment appalled those who know him.
>“He’s been a worker here for a few years,” a coworker told *The Bulwark,* speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of being targeted. “We were shocked this happened because he’s a U.S. citizen.”
ICE:
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This is possibly the stupidest headline I’ve ever read and the worst part is I don’t doubt it for a second
Ive always felt like MAGA world and probably a healthy chunk of ICE agents view Puerto Ricans as “american citizens” like yeah they got the right paperwork and such to keep you from locking them up but theyre brown and speak spanish a lot so theyre not *real* Americans and we should get to deport them anyway if Pence has the courage to do the right thing