'You illegal?' Policeman badgers immigrant who had just been hit by a car about legal status

By Gabe Ortiz
Thursday May 25, 2017 · 12:24 PM CDT

According to an exclusive report from Univision, rather than immediately providing medical assistance to a Latino bicyclist who had just been hit by a pickup truck, a Florida sheriff callously badgered the Honduran immigrant about his legal status, the start of a series of events that eventually led to the immigrant man being arrested by Border Patrol. Police are supposed to provide assistance to all members of the public, no matter their immigration status. But the only message local law enforcement is sending here is that calling them, even in a moment of crisis or violence, could just lead to their deportation:

Marcos Antonio Huete, a 31-year-old Honduran immigrant, was lying on a sidewalk next to his bicycle after being hit April 27 by a GMC Sierra pickup truck on his way to work in Key West in the Florida Keys.

"You illegal? Are you a legal citizen or no? Speak English? You got ID? Passport, visa, or what? a Monroe County sheriff asked Huete insistently, according to the video.

Still on the ground, Huete answers with monosyllables before using a cell phone to call his sister, who arrived at the scene soon after.

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