What It Feels Like Coming Face-to-Face With ICE

The first time we were stopped last Thursday was in Sanderson, about halfway between Del Rio and Alpine on U.S. 90. My friend and driver Rodrigo Bravo Jr. and I were driving 5 miles per hour over the 30-mph limit in our rented, powder-blue Ford C-Max hatchback as we reported a story on Spanish missions for Texas Monthly. As a county law enforcement officer approached our car, I couldn’t help but focus on the bright yellow taser holstered in his olive vest. The reason for the traffic stop, he claimed, was that we were going five miles over the speed limit. He also told us that we would just be given a warning. Why would we get pulled over for such an insignificant overage? I…

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