Color Us Paranoid: U.S. Tries To Deport Another Hispanic American
A Texas native with the same name and birthdate as an illegal immigrant was arrested Sunday, then threatened with deportation. Alicia Rodríguez spent the night in jail, and was told the following morning that la migra was coming to pick her up. She narrowly escaped becoming the next Pedro “Born In East L.A.” Guzman when authorities ‘so happened’ to discover the woman’s Social Security number, her driver’s license, and the fact that her fingerprints didn’t match those of the wanted illegal. (That’s when they realized there’s more than one Alicia Rodríguez in all of Texas.) It all started when she got pulled over and arrested Sunday night for not appearing in court to face old charges of failing to produce auto insurance. Once in the clink, Rodríguez’s name came up in the cop’s computers under a list of undocumented immigrants, and the rest is mistaken identity history. A history eerily similar to that of Poland under the Nazis.
We’re sure no amount of blatant racism or naked ignorance played a part in this mix-up. No, siree. It’s clearly her fault for having a Mexican-sounding name. So take a lesson from it: if you’re a Hernández or a Ramírez or a Lopez, or even a Benítez, watch your ass. The Gestapo ICE is coming.
Texan is jailed as illegal immigrant [Ft Worth / Dallas Star-Telegram via South Texas Chisme]
Image [Max Faulkner / Star-Telegram]
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The U.S. is persecuting Latinos and getting itself into economic trouble (surplus of unbought homes, higher commodity prices, etc.) by indulging its appetite for ethnic hatred. When will it stop? The exact date isn’t certain, but thank God gringo mofo’s have tiny wee-wees and low birth rates.
Posted by elcid66 | August 30, 2007
I did my part for the Raza by having as many kids as I could support, then I sent them to college so they could be at the forefront of the Latino New World Order.
“Eff the gringos.”
Posted by leesee | August 30, 2007
Man this sucks, but I have to say, it’s not just a problem for “La Raza”, it can happen to anybody.
My girlfriend (who is ‘Merican) shares her name and birth date with a convicted felon from the state of Michigan. She found this out the hard way a couple of years ago, when she was pulled over by the cops. Since her info matched that of a known felon, they took her to jail. Without reading her Miranda rights (people with warrants out for their arrest apparently don’t have rights).
Due to her heart condition and the obviously stressful situation, she began to feel faint while in police custody. When she arrived at the station the lady who was going to process her said the weren’t gonna have “no dead white girl” on their hands, so they chained her to a bed at Grady Hospital.
When they figured out it was a mistake the next day, they let her go. Nobody apologized, and she had to pay $350 in hospital bills.
Posted by dlab | August 31, 2007
by indulging its appetite for ethnic hatred. what BULL
Posted by this is bull | September 12, 2007