DALLAS — It was a protest marked by a mariachi band -- and tacos.
The Dallas chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens organized a lighthearted response Sunday to a woman dubbed "Taco Truck Tammy" after she was caught on a cellphone video threatening to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on several Latina food vendors parked outside her Dallas home April 4, WFAA reported.
Valerie later said she regretted her words.
The 49-second clip has been viewed more than 160,000 times on YouTube since the video, featuring a woman identified only as Valerie, went viral.
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"It was just a moment of a very bad choice of words," she told KXAS. "I regret the comment at the end. It was a flippant comment. It doesn't really reflect who I am. It reflects my frustration."
Sunday, several dozen neighbors met in the parking lot of a school, listened to mariachi music and munched on tacos, WFAA reported.
Carol Bell-Walton said the protest was a good-natured reaction.
"It’s embarrassing that it happened in the neighborhood," Bell-Walton told the television station. "When I saw that they were going to be out – I just wanted to come out and lend my support.”