Spanish speakers sue over detention

LOS ANGELES: Two United States women detained by a border patrol agent in Montana after he heard them speaking Spanish in a grocery store have sued the border protection agency. Video of the incident, which took place last May in the town of Havre, showed Agent Paul O’Neal asking Ana Suda and Martha Hernandez for identification as it was unusual to hear Spanish speakers in the state, which borders Canada. “It’s not illegal, it’s just unheard of up here,” he told the women. Suda and Hernandez claimed they were held for 40 minutes.