An Aztec dance group is suing the federal government after hundreds of feathers were confiscated from them at the US-Mexico border.
Danza Azteca Tenochtitlán was in Mexico, bringing back other dancers for an event when they were stopped at the border crossing at San Ysidro.
"Embracing your own culture, embracing your own identity, that it's wrong," she said. "I was treated like ...She said their vehicle was surrounded and agents from the Department of the Interior confiscated hundreds of feathers. Documents show they were from macaws, parrots, pheasants and other birds.
Agents later determined some of the feathers were legal and were returned. Other feathers - such as those from pheasants - were not. Marek was charged with failure to declare at the border and bringing in prohibited items. She was fined $500. Gutierrez said this violates their First Amendment rights.
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