Agents accused in lawsuit of using anti-immigrant slurs and denigrating undocumented Mexicans Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deployed last summer to the Los Angeles area referred to the subjects of their immigration operations with racial slurs, according to newly released court documents. On 4 July 2025, an unidentified agent wrote in a text chain, “btw tonks everywhere selling food for the 4th festivities in long beach right now”, invoking an anti-immigrant slur, which the US border patrol has previously warned against. In a different string of messages sent on 2 July 2025, an agent wrote: “Some of these people are stupid. Why would you post on social media that you’re wet,” using the abbreviated version of a slur long used to denigrate undocumented Mexicans who cross into the US by the Rio Grande, a river stretching from Colorado into the Gulf of Mexico. “Tonks” and “wet” also appeared in other correspondence. The slurs were made public on Monday in a motion filed for a case five men brought against the Trump administration in June 2025, alleging that the stop-and-arrest practices of ICE agents during the Los Angeles raids were unlawful. Lawyers for the men hav
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In a stunning twist, former Disney CEO Bob Iger and venture capitalist Josh Kushner are buying one of the greatest trophy assets in US sports: The Los Angeles Lakers. Iger and Kushner, the brother of President Donald…
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In a stunning twist, former Disney CEO Bob Iger and venture capitalist Josh Kushner are buying one of the greatest trophy assets in US sports: The Los Angeles Lakers. Iger and Kushner, the brother of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law…
View source →(AP) — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Saturday it expects every officer and agent in the field to be equipped with a body camera by the end of August, a rapid expansion that could provide an unprecedented visual record of the…
View source →Half of border agents are Latino, and they are part of a long history of Hispanic support for – and enforcement of – harsh immigration policies Since Trump’s return to power, more than 60 people have died at the hands of or in the custody…
View source →About 20,000 unaccompanied minors will lose legal representation if the federal government ends a longstanding contract on Friday, kicking current problems into overdrive across US Inside an immigration court in lower Manhattan, the faces…
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