ICE agents used racial slurs during Los Angeles crackdown, court files show
Summary
Court documents reveal that ICE agents used racial slurs during immigration raids in Los Angeles in summer 2025. Several men have sued the Trump administration, claiming these stops and arrests were unlawful and based on racial profiling.Key Facts
- ICE agents involved in Los Angeles raids used slurs like “tonks” and “wet” to describe people they detained.
- These slurs appear in text messages from early July 2025, during the Fourth of July period.
- Five men filed a lawsuit in June 2025, alleging racial profiling and unlawful detentions by ICE.
- Three men were arrested while waiting at a bus stop for work; another was mistreated despite being a US citizen.
- ACLU lawyers argue ICE detained people mainly due to their skin color without proper justification.
- An ICE officer indicated that “older Hispanic males” loitering for work were targeted as possibly undocumented.
- Anaheim resident Angel Santiago Tafolla, a US citizen, said he was handcuffed and detained while light-skinned coworkers were not chased.
- The raids caused protests and political tension, and President Donald Trump deployed the national guard, calling for action against what he called a “migrant invasion.”
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