A Puerto Rican family in Milwaukee was detained by immigration officials after they were overheard speaking Spanish while shopping. Despite explaining their citizenship and origins, the family was taken into custody until they produced their birth certificates. This incident reflects ongoing racial profiling in the U.S., particularly amid heightened immigration enforcement. The younger family members' attempts to assert their American citizenship were ignored until officials acknowledged their error and released them, but only left the family stranded without assistance for transportation.
The U.S. officials eventually released the three family members, but only after the mother presented their birth certificates, the family recounted.
U.S. officials, possibly agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detained all three soon after, refusing to listen to their protestations until they reached a government facility.
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