Bobby Pulido
Role at the time: Democratic candidate for Texas's 15th Congressional District
Condemned
Statement summary
MyRGV reported on Sept. 18 that Bobby Pulido said in a Facebook video that two 17-year-olds were beaten and maced after recording an ICE stop, and that what happened was wrong and unconstitutional.
“I saw a really disturbing video of two young men that, 17 years old, were on their way to sign up for the U.S. Marine Corps. Happened upon an ICE stop, and recorded, which is their Constitutional right, and subsequently were beat up, maced These are young Americans that happened to look Hispanic. This is wrong. To all my conservative friends, this is not conservatism. This is unconstitutional. Our Constitution should mean something, and racial profiling, what they’re doing right now, is just not right. It’s not illegal to record. Something needs to be done”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Alamo teens' ICE detention raises alarm in agency's latest confrontation with civiliansParagraphs following "Pulido, meanwhile, doesn't buy the federal agency's narrative."
Why we used this label
The case asks whether ICE's use of force in arresting Luis Ochoa and a 17-year-old friend was justified. Pulido said the two were beaten and maced after recording an ICE stop, which he said is their constitutional right. He called what happened wrong and unconstitutional and said something needs to be done. That criticizes the force used, so we labeled it Condemned.