Jamaicans not exempt from Trump’s immigration crackdown

Immigrant workers in a number of major cities planned to stay home from work and school as part of a planned strike.

If you see others sharing unverified reports, refer them to these guidelines. Under Trump, Mehlman said, enforcement agents are less hamstrung.

This past weekend alone, in a press release, ICE claimed to have netted nearly 700 persons in cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York and even reports of checkpoints in Oklahoma City around SW 29th and May.

Meanwhile, the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, a statewide group pushing for municipalities and counties to become sanctuary cities and protect undocumented immigrants, has hired an additional staff member as it gears up to conduct training sessions for community leaders to hold “Know Your Rights ” information sessions. This is especially pertinent because of the case of Ms. Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos, an Arizona mother who was busted four years ago for being an illegal immigrant but previously allowed to remain in the U.S. so long as she regularly checked in with the authorities.

Whatever ICE seems to think about the people they are targeting in raids across the country, immigrants and their advocates are telling a different story. It also spreads fear and paranoia in those communities, leaving them to skip work or school even if there’s no need. But now they’re traumatized by what happened on an early morning that now leaves them restless late at night.

Coconino County Sheriff Jim Driscoll urged any undocumented immigrant living in the county not to fear contacting local police officers and sheriff’s deputies if they are in distress or have a tip regarding criminal activity.

Vizguerra got word that, like García de Rayos, she was about to be deported.

ICE announced last week that more than 680 people, mostly criminals, had been rounded up during operations in cities across the country.

Of those arrested, he said, 75 percent had been convicted of crimes including homicide and drug trafficking.

“When a country is no longer able to say who can and who cannot come in and out, especially for reasons of safety and security – big trouble”, tweeted President Trump.

Donald Trump may put all of the USA’s illegal immigrants in ICE’s crosshairs with two new orders that could allow for anyone to be deported, regardless of whether they have committed a crime in the US. But advocates say that hasn’t always been the case. If the immigration raids were politically motivated, these actions raise serious legal and constitutional concerns that must be addressed. Immigrants – both those with legal status and those living here illegally – are questioning exactly who is vulnerable for deportation. Lawyers for Daniel Ramirez have challenged the arrest, saying his status under the DACA program gives him due-process rights that were not followed.

“They said that we can, and should, expect many more arrests and removals this year”, Rep. Linda Sanchez, a California Democrat, said. He has a hearing scheduled for Friday.

Aside from the question of whether this policy is feasible – it would be expensive, and the Department of Homeland Security is having trouble filling its open slots now, never mind another 10,000 – there is a deeper problem: This executive order would make it harder to stop the kind of criminal conduct it describes. The words “I came in and the officers said” were clearly erased so that the statement began with the statement “I have gang affiliation”.

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