ICE agents used racial slurs during Los Angeles crackdown, court files show
Court documents reveal ICE agents used racial slurs during a 2025 Los Angeles crackdown. The slurs were cited in a lawsuit alleging unlawful stop and arrest practices and racial profiling. Officials and civil rights groups have called for a halt to detention based on race or socioeconomic status.
- ▪The leaked messages from July 2025 show agents using terms like “tonks” and “wet” to refer to undocumented Mexicans.
- ▪The lawsuit, filed by five men, claims the raids involved unlawful detentions and racial profiling.
- ▪One plaintiff, a U.S. citizen, reported being handcuffed and detained despite his citizenship, alleging bias against darker‑skinned Latinos.
- ▪Civil rights groups, including the ACLU of Southern California, argue the conduct violates the law and have urged a federal judge to block further racially based stops.
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A table covered with a cloth reading ‘ICE Out of LA’ in August last year. Photograph: Jae C Hong/APView image in fullscreenA table covered with a cloth reading ‘ICE Out of LA’ in August last year. Photograph: Jae C Hong/APICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)ICE agents used racial slurs during Los Angeles crackdown, court files showAgents accused in lawsuit of using anti-immigrant slurs and denigrating undocumented MexicansUwa Ede-OsifoTue 28 Jul 2026 20.27 EDTLast modified on Tue 28 Jul 2026 20.29 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleICE agents deployed last summer to the Los Angeles area referred to the subjects of their immigration operations with racial slurs, according to newly released court documents.On 4 July 2025, an unidentified agent wrote in a text chain, “btw tonks…
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