US citizen chased by ICE in New Orleans says she was targeted because ‘I’m brown’
Home security videos shows Jacelynn Guzman, 23, telling masked federal agents following her to ‘leave me alone’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...
<p>Home security videos shows Jacelynn Guzman, 23, telling masked federal agents following her to ‘leave me alone’</p><p>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 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/new-orleans-ice-immigration-raid">immigration crackdown</a> says she surmises that she was pursued because “I’m brown”.</p><p>“I have no idea why they targeted me,” Jacelynn Guzman <a href="https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/politics/immigration-news/immigration-enforcement/leave-me-alone-american-citizen-recounts-running-from-federal-agents-in-marrero/289-34e30415-aabc-4212-a438-c4b95a47fb9d">told</a> Guardian reporting partner WWL Louisiana on Thursday, a day after the video in question was taken and subsequently went viral online.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/us-citizen-chased-ice-agents-new-orleans">Continue reading...</a>
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