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MAGA Couple Regrets Trump Vote After Terrifying Border Patrol Stop
MAGA Couple Regrets Trump Vote After Terrifying Border Patrol Stop
Two Trump voters allege that Border Patrol agents racially profiled them after they were stopped and questioned on the way to the dentist. George and Esmeralda Doilez, both U.S. citizens, were driving to an appointment in Southern California on Wednesday when a dark SUV started to follow them...
George and Esmeralda Doilez, both U.S. citizens, were driving to an appointment in Southern California on Wednesday when a dark SUV started to follow them.
George told a San Diego NBC affiliate that the SUV put on a siren, pulled them over, and a group of masked Border Patrol agents got out to question them.
The Doilezes told NBC7 that they had been scoping out potential camping sites in the area on the way to the dental appointment.
George and Esmeralda voted for Trump in 2020, both of their first time voting, and again in 2024.
In a video of the interaction, a Border Patrol agent questions George through the car window.
“If you have a dentist appointment, it probably wasn’t the best idea to be out in the middle of nowhere,” the agent tells him.
“We have the right to travel anywhere we want to travel,” George says.
The Border Patrol agent who questioned the Doliez's pulled down his mask during the questioning, but did not detail why he had reasonable suspicion to question the couple. / Esmeralda Doliez/NBC7
“You’re absolutely right, you do, and I actually have the right and authority to stop you,” the agent replies. “It’s called reasonable suspicion.”
But the couple said they thought the true rationale for the stop was their skin color.
“Why are we not allowed to be here? Because we’re not white? Our skin doesn’t match?” George told NBC7.
The agent called a K-9 unit, which detected a small amount of legally purchased cannabis in the car.
Citing that finding as probable cause, the agents searched George and Esmeralda’s car before letting them go about 30 minutes after the encounter began.