Last week, the Department for Homeland Security announced tougher enforcement of existing immigration rules, issuing memos expanding the list of undocumented immigrants prioritised for “expedited removal”.
My office is closely monitoring the situation on the Central Coast and met with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officials in Santa Maria to ascertain the extent of their operations and future operating procedure regarding deportations under this administration.
“We had discussed the risks associated with talking to newspapers, we had spoken with her about that and we were all working with the understanding that ICE knows her DACA is extending and they were going to let that process”, Peterson said.
The project’s founders were spurred to create the website in response to the controversy surrounding Trump’s January 27 executive order, which barred citizens of seven countries from coming to the United States for 90 days and all refugee admissions for 120 days.
ICE says as part of routine targeted enforcement operations, teams “arrest criminal aliens and other individuals who are in violation of our nation’s immigration laws”.
The arrest came amid a string of immigration raids and a lack of clarity about the scope of the Trump administration’s plans for deportations.
“With Trump’s executive order on January 27 and the new immigration ban expected this week, hearing the voices of immigrants and refugees is more important than ever,”said Nissa Rhee, founder and editor of the project”.
ICE agents are detaining undocumented immigrants without criminal records across Alabama in a break with agency practice under President Barack Obama. It was co-signed by more than 40 organizations, including the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, labor groups and church groups. Sosa said that’s created “more fear in our community”. While local police can decline to participate, they cannot stop any actions. Leasure acknowledged that the spotlight is now trained on immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.
Details provided by ICE and by the immigrant advocacy groups varied somewhat. Still, she began the reapplication in January, according to her lawyer. They said the workers were on their way to forest jobs picking baby’s breath, a decorative plant used in arrangements, when they were stopped.
The United States admitted 84,995 refugees a year ago – more than the populations of Northbrook and Glenview combined. The figures include apprehensions by the U.S. Border Patrol and by ICE.
Vargas’ arrest caught the eye of lawmakers.
As sheriff, I’m willing to cooperate with federal law enforcement if and when they are in their legal right to take action in my county.
“Today my father and brother await deportation, she said, “while I continue to fight this battle as a dreamer to help contribute to this country which I feel that is very much my country”.
“If these type of ill-advised, poorly thought-out public policies were to go through – where they try to take away my ability to control the workforce, to control the priorities of my workforce – there are going to be unintended consequences and those unintended consequences are going to result in additional crime”, said Acevedo, who signed the letter. If you’re identified as an illegal for any reason, you should be detained.
“Right now, the attack is on ICE”, he said in a Times interview Wednesday. “However, when there is no guest worker program for ag or forestry, for nurseries, what choice do employers have and what choice do employees have?” he asked.
Since DACA was introduced in 2012, about 750,000 people have benefited from the program.