Marine veteran says Border Patrol agents beat his dad, while agency says he swung trimmer at them
June 23, 2025
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran says he was shocked to see a video on social media of his father being beaten by masked U.S. Border Patrol officers as he was pinned to the ground during a weekend immigration arrest. The Department of Homeland Security said in a post on X that his father, Narciso Barranco, tried to assault the agents with his weed trimmer during Saturday’s arrest. As the Trump administration works to ramp up immigration arrests, the government crackdown has drawn scrutiny and protests. Narciso Barranco is now in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
