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justsomeantifas:
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The past two days (Feb. 9th-10th 2017) immigration authorities have been making a series of arrests in at least 6 states across the country. Immigration lawyers and advocates confirmed that they are arresting a currently unknown number of undocumented immigrants. These raids are targeting people freely - meaning those who once would have been dubbed “low risk/low priority” such as those without criminal records are being arrested.
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, has confirmed that home and workplace raids have occurred in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and other cities they refuse to identify. But we know from the arrest of Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos that Arizona has been targeted and immigration lawyers and activists have also documented raids over the past 48 hours in:
Vista, Pomona, California
Compton, California
Austin, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Pflugerville, Texas
Alexandria, Virginia
Annandale, Virginia
Charlotte, North Carolina
Burlington, North Carolina
Plant City, Florida
The Hudson Valley region of New York
Wichita, Kansas
There have also been reports from immigration activists and lawyers that ICE has checkpoints targeting immigrants for ID checks and they’ve been setting up in neighborhoods, often in unmarked cars. Federal immigration officials are currently declining to say how many are currently detained from recent raids. ICE is also declining to give out any information regarding the number of people being detained. Immigration activists and lawyers can confirm that some who have been taken in are being detained while some were deported immediately. (x) (x) (x) (x)
United Against Police Terror San Diego reported home raids in SD as well. UCSD international students got 7:30am knocks on the by DHS wanting “to talk.”
What will you do when you see ICE and their unmarked white vans on your street? Do you have a plan?