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by dnissley 2194 days ago
By this logic, businesses would be able to turn away customers based on their race.
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People don't choose the color of their skin.

ICE (or any other company/org for that matter) actually has a choice in how it behaves.

Do you see the difference?

Isn't that what the status quo in the US is? AFAIK outside of discrimination in a few specific industries (e.g. insurance rates), there is very little discrimination protection for customers.
You're asking if the status quo is that private companies can discriminate based on race? No, it is not.
People are not agencies. Protected classes exist to protect people from discrimination, not to protect agencies/companies/organizations.
And a business could refuse to cater a communist or fascist gathering.