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“A Mountain of Evidence” of Racial Profiling

Trump administration’s immigration tactics blasted by judge

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Sharon McMahon and Ed Thompson Payne
Jul 17, 2025
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Brian Gavidia, a 29-year-old US citizen from Montebello in Los Angeles County, was working at his family's tow yard when a group of masked federal immigration agents approached him. Moments later, one of the agents pushed him into a metal gate and demanded to know which city and hospital he was born in.

In a video that later went viral, Gavidia identifie…

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