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Martha Hernandez, left, and Ana Suda pose Jan. 19 in front of a convenience store in Havre where they say they were detained by a U.S Border Patrol agent for speaking Spanish last year. The women have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government and the border agent and are seeking a judge's order barring U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials from stopping or detaining people based on race, accent or language.
By MATT VOLZ
Associated Press
HELENA - Two Montana women questioned by a U.S. border agent who overheard them speaking Spanish in a convenience store sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection today, saying the agent illegally detained them without reason.
The agent held Ana Suda and Martha Hernandez for 40 minutes in a parking lot in Havre in May 2018 without reasonable suspicion or probable cause, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Great Falls.
His only reason for doing so, they said, was because they were taking in Spanish while waiting in line to buy milk and eggs....
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