Bus Station Immigration Stop

<span style="font-weight: 400;">A Latino man’s claims relating to his detention by Customs and Border Protection officers at a bus station may continue, a federal court in Washington <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/bus-station-stop.pdf"><strong>ruled</strong></a>. The government may be liable under the state's anti-discrimination law because the acts of the officers caused the man to be “treated as not welcome, accepted, desired, or solicited” based on his race. </span>

SPOKANE, Wash. – A Latino man’s claims relating to his detention by Customs and Border Protection officers at a bus station may continue, a federal court in Washington ruled . The government may be liable under the state’s anti-discrimination law because the acts of the officers caused the man to be “treated as not welcome, accepted, desired, or solicited” based on his race.

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