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Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

Systematic Racial Profiling in Immigration Enforcement and Wrongful Detention of US Citizens

Latinos account for 90% of ICE arrests, 76% of raids target majority-Latino neighborhoods, the Supreme Court has stayed an order barring stops based on apparent race, language, location and occupation, and at least 170 US citizens have been wrongfully detained — constituting systematic racial profiling in violation of equal protection and non-discrimination principles.