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Odds that the young woman is lying about her "detention"?
Posted on: March 20, 2025 at 13:58:47 CT
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and that I.C.E. agents told her she “fit the description” of someone who’s undocumented.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/u-s-citizen-detained-by-ice-in-puerto-rico-you-fit-the-description/ar-AA1Bg4rH?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=25306aa598fb4376c3bf2febc75d5e89&ei=45
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico–What was supposed to be a peaceful return home from a lover’s getaway in Puerto Rico turned into a humiliating encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for Iliana Pacheco, a U.S. citizen and registered nurse from New Jersey.
In a viral Facebook post, Pacheco recounted being asked about her citizenship status by an ICE agent after passing a TSA checkpoint with her boyfriend inside the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport just after Valentine’s Day.
“He asked to see my ID, which I was confused because I just had my photo scanned & I.D. verified,” Pacheco wrote. “He asked me ‘what’s your status in the U.S.’ I said ‘citizen, why?’ He said ‘I need to verify that. Give me your passport.'”
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s website, since 2021 the San Juan airport has implemented “facial biometrics to automate the manual document checks that are already required for departure from airports and seaports in the United States.”
The Black Wall Street Times reached out to I.C.E.’s media office to ask if it was aware of this incident and whether the agency trains its agents to avoid racially profiling people.
“We must refer you to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for assistance with this query,” a media representative responded.
CBP did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ultimately, Pacheco claims the I.C.E. agents told her she “fit the description” of someone who’s undocumented. She also claims the agents advised her to carry her passport, even though Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and doesn’t require passports for Americans traveling to and from the Island.
“Just being Hispanic in general, being a minority in this country, it’s like it’s bound to happen,” Pacheco told the Black Wall Street Times in an interview. “Something’s always bound to happen where racism is a thing. I just would have never thought that I.C.E. would sit there and tell me in my face,” she said.
The U.S.-born nurse, whose mother is Mexican, claims I.C.E. agents questioned her in a “nasty” manner before realizing she was an American citizen.
“It was just disgusting the way these people approached me. It was frustrating just knowing the fact that I’m sitting here just trying to go back home, and they’re telling me, ‘you look like you’re undocumented.’ Like, what kind of person really says that,” Pacheco said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/u-s-citizen-detained-by-ice-in-puerto-rico-you-fit-the-description/ar-AA1Bg4rH?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=25306aa598fb4376c3bf2febc75d5e89&ei=45
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico–What was supposed to be a peaceful return home from a lover’s getaway in Puerto Rico turned into a humiliating encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for Iliana Pacheco, a U.S. citizen and registered nurse from New Jersey.
In a viral Facebook post, Pacheco recounted being asked about her citizenship status by an ICE agent after passing a TSA checkpoint with her boyfriend inside the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport just after Valentine’s Day.
“He asked to see my ID, which I was confused because I just had my photo scanned & I.D. verified,” Pacheco wrote. “He asked me ‘what’s your status in the U.S.’ I said ‘citizen, why?’ He said ‘I need to verify that. Give me your passport.'”
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s website, since 2021 the San Juan airport has implemented “facial biometrics to automate the manual document checks that are already required for departure from airports and seaports in the United States.”
The Black Wall Street Times reached out to I.C.E.’s media office to ask if it was aware of this incident and whether the agency trains its agents to avoid racially profiling people.
“We must refer you to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for assistance with this query,” a media representative responded.
CBP did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ultimately, Pacheco claims the I.C.E. agents told her she “fit the description” of someone who’s undocumented. She also claims the agents advised her to carry her passport, even though Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and doesn’t require passports for Americans traveling to and from the Island.
“Just being Hispanic in general, being a minority in this country, it’s like it’s bound to happen,” Pacheco told the Black Wall Street Times in an interview. “Something’s always bound to happen where racism is a thing. I just would have never thought that I.C.E. would sit there and tell me in my face,” she said.
The U.S.-born nurse, whose mother is Mexican, claims I.C.E. agents questioned her in a “nasty” manner before realizing she was an American citizen.
“It was just disgusting the way these people approached me. It was frustrating just knowing the fact that I’m sitting here just trying to go back home, and they’re telling me, ‘you look like you’re undocumented.’ Like, what kind of person really says that,” Pacheco said.
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Odds that the young woman is lying about her "detention"? - Spanky KU - 3/20 13:58:47