A resident of Montana , said he plans to contact the lawyers after fellow border patrol detained her and a friend for talking in the Spanish language.
According to Ana Court, the incident occurred in the middle of last week in the town of Havre in Montana, near the border with Canada.
Ana with her friend Mimi Hernandez late in the evening was shopping in a grocery shop at the gas station. Both women — an ethnic Mexican, but are citizens of the United States. They exchanged a few words in Spanish when they were interrupted by members of the border patrol.
«I looked up and saw the agent who demanded to see our ID cards. I said are you serious and he said » Yes «more than», — the woman tells.
Ana and Mimi proceeded to the Parking lot where the guard told him that he seemed suspicious conversation in Spanish in the state, primarily English speaking.
37-year-old Ana Court was born in El Paso (Texas), Mimi Hernandez, a native of Central California. Despite the fact that women showed the officer ID, he, according to them, kept them in the Parking lot for about 40 minutes.
«I was so embarrassed. Everyone was staring at us like we did something wrong. My friend started to cry, but I told her that we didn’t do anything wrong,» recalls Ana.
According to her, when she told about the incident the family and published a post in Facebookthat her 7-year-old daughter said, «This means that we will not have to speak to people in Spanish?».
The Customs and border service of the USA reported that they are investigating the incident.
Border patrol really have the authority to act within 100 miles of any US border, although they cannot initiate detentions without tangible suspicion of violating immigration law or committing another crime.
Anna Court said that it plans to contact the American civil liberties Union (American Civil Liberties Union — ACLU) to obtain legal advice.
«I just don’t want that to happen, the woman said. I want people to know that they have a right to speak any language.»
Recall: recently in the new York lawyer threatened to deport employees Fresh Kitchen for conversations in Spanish.
