Mar 21, 2016
Three protestors — two white, one Latina — were arrested March 19 for chaining themselves to cars and blocking traffic headed to a Donald Trump rally, reports .Mic.
Of the three, only one was transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to investigate her legal status. And guess which one it was.
Jacinta Gonzalez, the one protestor transferred to ICE custody, says that she was detained because of her last name. She is a U.S. citizen.
“This just proves that the hatred and the profiling that Trump … tries to promote is the same that exists within this administration,” Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez recorded a video statement about her experience. Watch below:
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