Northern California police refuse to cooperate in upcoming ICE raids

Individuals who have outstanding orders of deportation, or who returned to the United States illegally after being deported, are subject to immediate removal from the country.

The congregation voted not to hide undocumented people, but to house them, hopeful federal agents would not raid a house of worship.

Under SB 54, as reported, California is a “sanctuary state”, which bans public officials and employers from turning over criminal illegal aliens to federal immigration officials. “So know your rights and know your responsibilities”.

The ICE earlier this month conducted raids at 100 7-Eleven stores in 17 states across the country to apprehend the undocumented immigrants working there. “ICE is taking custody, and we’re merely housing them under the agreement”, Thompson said.

Immigration analysts expressed concern that enforcement was becoming more hostile than ever before.

Last October Homan made clear that California’s Gov.

The sweep could occur in Bay Area cities such as Oakland and San Francisco over the span of more than one day.

How would ICE execute the sweep?

“Local authorities do not get to make immigration law”, said Sue Caro, the Bay Area regional vice-chair for the state Republican Party.

“The image and the idea of the government doing massive raids in Northern California is a very unsettling idea”, Alfi said.

With local and state law enforcement unable to assist, ICE will have to round up illegal aliens in the open which puts citizens and law enforcement officers at risk thanks to California’s risky policies. “USA citizens and green card holders have been detained for no reason but the color of their skin and place of work”.

Do we conduct regular internal I-9 audits and training and are we able to spot issues and fraudulent documents and identify corporate exposure?

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents serve an employment audit notice at a 7-Eleven convenience store on January 10, 2018, in Los Angeles.

The raids will have the effect of “clearly pushing people and families further underground, rather than leaving”, Hinojosa predicts.

“This is a new tactic for creating fear and intimidating our immigrant community, and we want to remind them that … they have rights”, Melgoza said. “They also provide more leeway for employers to control and exploit workers”.

The local immigrant community has been on high alert for the past year, even since Donald Trump was elected to become president. “About two-thirds of undocumented immigrants are long-settled and have lived in the US for at least a decade”.

Immigration agents have other tactics they could use for getting around the law, Paparelli noted.

She is advising undocumented people to prepare.