Predatory Eye with the set up!

Even though the Latino voting population played a major role in electing the new chief executive officer in the Oval Office—making up 42% of the overall vote—the war on Latinos has not stopped. ICE continues to raid communities in Chicago, New York, Texas, and across the United States.
During the campaign trail, the political promise was to “get rid of the criminals” coming across the border committing crimes. At first glance, many assumed that meant targeting individuals guilty of serious offenses—rape, murder, drug or human trafficking. Yet, it has become clear that the real “crime” being targeted is the crime of being brown or Black while seeking asylum in America.
In Houston alone, deportations have skyrocketed by 1,000%, and Texas Republicans are now proposing a secret operation to hunt down Black and Brown immigrants without legal documentation around the clock. Two key tools in this modern-day manhunt are non-safety traffic stops and the Flock camera surveillance system.
Flock cameras operate like digital cell towers, constantly pinging your car’s location every time your license plate passes by. This allows law enforcement to track your routine—where you live, work, study, or spend time with family. Once they’ve learned your pattern, they move in—picking people up from work, church, school, or even their homes. The only “crime” many of these individuals have committed is existing in America while undocumented and of color.
When people aren’t captured through surveillance, they’re targeted through predatory non-safety traffic stops. Black and Brown drivers are constantly pulled over for no reason other than “driving while colored.” These stops often become citizenship checks. If you have an accent or appear foreign, the next question is: “Where are your papers?” If you don’t have them, you’re taken away—to what can only be described as modern-day concentration camps—awaiting deportation.
But we are not powerless. There are at least two ways to push back against these senseless deportations:

1. Cancel the Flock surveillance camera program used by law enforcement to track and profile communities of color.
   
2. Work with elected officials to end all minor, non-safety traffic stops, which serve as gateways to racial profiling and deportation.
   

By eliminating these two tools, we can significantly reduce unnecessary and harmful interactions between law enforcement and Black and Latino communities—saving countless families from being torn apart.
Written By: RoShawn C. Evans


Wired
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https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-building-a-24-7-shadow-transportation-network-across-texas/

How Latinos Voted in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
https://www.as-coa.org/articles/how-latinos-voted-2024-us-presidential-election

TCRP
Report finds racial disparities among Houstonians pulled over for non-moving traffic violations
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2023/09/19/462759/report-finds-racial-disparities-among-houstonians-pulled-over-for-non-moving-traffic-violations/

By Enabling Police Surveillance, Elected Officials Fuel Trump’s Agenda
https://truthout.org/articles/by-enabling-police-surveillance-elected-officials-fuel-trumps-agenda/