Ken Schram: With business slow, border patrol agents pick up the pace
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If business is slow, just pick up the pace.
And so it is that U.S. Border patrol agents over on the Olympic Peninsula are doing just that.
Now there's a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and the Northwest Immigration Rights Project. Seems in their zealousness to justify the number of border patrol agents assigned to the area, people over on the peninsula may be getting pulled over and questioned without any reasonable suspicion.
Of course the border patrol says its agents don't target specific types of people, unless you consider folks named "Jose" who have dark brown skin and speak with an accent, a specific type of person.
Having doubled the number of border patrol agents in the area over the past five years, the influx has left some agents to testify that they haven't got much to do.
That is, unless you consider pulling people over, asking for their papers based mostly on the perception of whether they speak Spanish as not much to do.
That's why the ACLU and NWIRP have filed suit.
Because when business is slow and you pick up the pace, sometimes you can end up with a discriminatory practice that targets a certain type of person.
And that would be illegal.
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And so it is that U.S. Border patrol agents over on the Olympic Peninsula are doing just that.
Now there's a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and the Northwest Immigration Rights Project. Seems in their zealousness to justify the number of border patrol agents assigned to the area, people over on the peninsula may be getting pulled over and questioned without any reasonable suspicion.
Of course the border patrol says its agents don't target specific types of people, unless you consider folks named "Jose" who have dark brown skin and speak with an accent, a specific type of person.
Having doubled the number of border patrol agents in the area over the past five years, the influx has left some agents to testify that they haven't got much to do.
That is, unless you consider pulling people over, asking for their papers based mostly on the perception of whether they speak Spanish as not much to do.
That's why the ACLU and NWIRP have filed suit.
Because when business is slow and you pick up the pace, sometimes you can end up with a discriminatory practice that targets a certain type of person.
And that would be illegal.
Have something to say to Ken? Login or signup below to post a comment. Just be sure to read the rules and keep things civil. You can also e-mail him at kenschram@komo4news.com. You can also hook up with Ken on Facebook.
