US citizen chased by federal agents in New Orleans says she was targeted because 'I'm brown' [View all]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/us-citizen-chased-ice-agents-new-orleans

US citizen chased by federal agents in New Orleans says she was targeted because ‘I’m brown’
Home security videos shows Jacelynn Guzman, 23, telling masked officers following her to ‘leave me alone’
Ramon Antonio Vargas
Fri 5 Dec 2025 15.54 EST

A US citizen who was seen on home security video being chased by masked federal agents outside New Orleans amid the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown says she surmises that she was pursued because “I’m brown”.

“I have no idea why they targeted me,” Jacelynn Guzman told the Guardian reporting partner WWL Louisiana on Thursday, a day after the video in question was taken and subsequently went viral online.

“That’s honestly all I can think of … It makes me scared for my family. It’s devastating.”

Asked for comment about Guzman’s remarks, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson issued a statement saying she matched the description of someone who was being sought by border patrol agents in connection with a deportation order.

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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/federal-agents-chase-woman-back-003527143.html

Federal agents chase woman back to her home in Louisiana
Canadian Press Videos
Fri, December 5, 2025 at 6:35 p.m. CST

Jacelynn Guzman, a U.S. citizen, was walking back to her Louisiana home from a trip to the corner store when a truck pulled up beside her and two masked federal agents stepped out and approached her, according to security footage obtained by The Associated Press.


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"We're looking for brown people. You're brown."