‘Leave me alone!’ US citizen thought she was being kidnapped as masked feds chased her

Masked federal agents chased a 22-year-old woman in New Orleans who said she was targeted because “I’m brown,” according to reports on Friday. Security video from this week shows her telling the ICE agents to “leave me alone,” The Guardian reported. She told reporters that she thought she was going to be kidnapped and ran to her front door to try and get away. “I have no idea why they targeted me,” Jacelynn Guzman told WWL Louisiana, the outlet’s reporting partner. “That’s honestly all I can think of … It makes me scared for my family. It’s devastating,” Guzman said.Guzman said she has no criminal record. “I was born and raised here. I’m a US citizen,” she said.A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the outlet in a statement Friday that Guzman matched the description of someone the agents were looking for. ICE agents have claimed they are aiming to arrest 5,000 people throughout the next several weeks. Dozens, including many American citizens, have reportedly been detained in immigration sweeps across the city, according to the report.

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