The man, Humberto Marchand, said he presented his Puerto Rican drivers license to an employee at a Hertz rental car counter at New Orleans' international airport last week and was told he would need to show his passport. The employee insinuated, according to Marchand, that he was a foreigner and couldn't rent a vehicle without showing his passport.
Marchand decided to leave, and as he was walking away Marchand says he heard the officer say he would call "the border authorities" if he needed to.