Others asked what they should do if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) came to their door. “ICE’s assertion that her detention is “routine’ is absurd and seems anything but”, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), ranking member of the committee on homeland security, said in a statement on Thursday”.
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Based on a description of the ICE traffic stops in OR and the type of job the workers were headed to, he said the people taken into custody were probably day workers who may not have been in the country long.
ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Bill Causey, of West Cape May, owner of the Antique Doorknob, an antique shop, said the county’s economy will suffer if the agreement is signed. While he could not go into specifics of ICE investigations in upstate NY, he said “good work” is happening along the northern border as a result of those partnerships.
“People are getting upset that we’re going out hunting, trying to round people up”. “Right now we’re at a career fair, and I’m looking for a job”, Hall said. “Your loved ones will never be forgotten, we will always honor their memory”, Trump promised them.
Speakers also included local attorneys Jeff Sutherland and Frank Corrado, as well as business owners and leaders of local advocacy groups. County Counsel Jim Arsenault said federal officials in Washington are still reviewing the county’s request to join the 287 (g) program.
“Why they would move forward the way they have is, honestly, mind-boggling”, she said.
“There’s so much fear in immigrant communities across the country right now”, said Joanne Lin, who works on immigration issues at the American Civil Liberties Union.
A spokesperson for ICE provided a 2011 document from the Department of Homeland Security with guidance on ICE operations near schools, churches and community centers.
With one month on the new job now under his belt, Mr. Homan said the juggling act between enforcing the law and building trust with the public has been nothing short of hard.
Chief Art Acevedo, of Houston police, described Trump’s order as “political theater” that would pull officers away from preventing and investigating violent crime to target day laborers potentially violating immigration laws. ICE has agreements with a total of 37 law enforcement departments nationwide.
“When you come under that program, there are certain rights you give up”.
“Because there is a sort of unpredictability or, maybe better put, the only thing that’s predictable is a heightened degree of aggressive enforcement, then the impact is fear”, she says. “It’s not like there’s killings on the street”.
She eventually made a decision to speak at the news conference because, according to a friend, “She thought sharing her story might help people”.
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“I don’t think anybody around her realized the risk that was involved”, said Angela Stuesse (STEE-see), a family friend and anthropology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
