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

[dalton99a]

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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Video at:

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."

[Solly Mack]

1. ...

matched the description of someone who was being sought

LEOs of all type use that bullshit excuse for their abusive behavior.

[Dave Bowman]

2. "You're brown."

If this continues this way maybe they'll start deporting snowbirds when they're well roasted. Lame jokes aside I've heard horror stories about Apartheid and how they decided who's white and who's not. This was a relatively (in)famous case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Laing#:~:text=Sandra%20Laing%20

[tanyev]

4. Heck, they'd better take a long look at this guy.

[Dave Bowman]

8. Absolutely! And they should continue to keep him in that cage.

[twodogsbarking]

3. It's not racism. It is the epitome of racism, and not legal.

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[Cha]

5. Federal Sponsered Terrorists let

Loose on the Streets of America.

I know this is Not news.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

6. "she matched the description of someone who was being sought by border patrol"

She was a brown skinned woman

[Old Crank]

7. Yup.

Matched the description is cop talk for a reason to harrass a minority.

[Dave Bowman]

9. Sigh! Yes, as always. 🙁

[1WorldHope]

10. We can't wait for the 2026 election. This has to stop!

Our government has been taken over in a coup and everyone is just going through bureaucratic channels like it's just simply an unpopular president, but he is unpopular because he is fucking crazy. He had done tremendous damage in the short time he had been here. He is a virus that has spread into every corner of our government. He and his entire horde of guilty conspirators need to go now.

[KT2000]

11. Matched the description of:

covers anyone they feel like harassing.

[Grins]

12. This can't be true ...

… because I have been told ICE is only going after violent offenders and drug dealers for whom they have warrants. Amiry?