Immigrants in hiding, but no sign of threatened mass U.S. raids

[webfact]

Immigrants in hiding, but no sign of threatened mass U.S. raids

By Andrew Hay

 

A "U.S. Property No Trespassing" sign is seen at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, as communities brace for a reported wave of deportation raids across the U.S. by ICE officers, in Miramar, near Miami, Florida, U.S. July 14, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello

 

(Reuters) - Immigrant families and their defenders were on standby Sunday for mass deportation arrests across the United States threatened by President Donald Trump, but by early afternoon there were no signs of a nationwide operation.

 

Trump said on Friday that a wave of arrests of immigrants facing deportation would start over the weekend. The multi-day operation was expected to target around 2,000 people in about 10 cities who have been ordered deported by an immigration judge but have yet to leave the country.

 

But as immigrants stayed inside their homes and lawyers stood by to provide free legal aid, there were no reports of large enforcement operations.

 

"We are doing targeted enforcement actions against specific individuals who have had their day in immigration court and have been ordered removed by an immigration judge," Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Matt Albence told Fox News when asked for an update.

 

Mary Bauer at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) said there were no confirmed operations in large cities such as Atlanta and Miami that her civil rights organisation monitors.

 

Nor were there reports of mass arrests from the American Immigration Council, which has lawyers on standby to help people taken to the country's largest family detention centre in Dilley, Texas.

 

"Immigrants and immigrant communities all over the country are in hiding and people are living in these terrified, terrorized ways, because that is the point of this whole action, whether enforcement actions take place or not," said Bauer, the SPLC's deputy legal director.

 

Mayors of large U.S. cities, nearly all Democrats, have said their law enforcement agencies will not cooperate with ICE on deportations.

 

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city had three "confirmed situations involving ICE operations" on Saturday.

 

"In no case was it reported to us that the agent found the individual they were looking for to make any arrests," he wrote on Twitter, adding that so far there had been no confirmed ICE activity on Sunday.

 

An ICE spokeswoman declined to comment on operations, citing the safety of the agency's personnel.

 

Democratic officials and migrant activists have told immigrants they have the right not to open their doors to ICE agents, unless presented with a warrant signed by a judge.

 

The threatened arrests come after migrant apprehensions hit a 13-year high in May at the southwest border, many of them Central Americans fleeing poverty and gang violence in their home countries.

 

The Trump administration faces widespread criticism for housing immigrants in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions and there are concerns about migrant children being separated from adults by U.S. authorities.

 

GRAPHIC-Trump immigration enforcement lags behind Obama - https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/editorcharts/USA-IMMIGRATION/0H001PBKB5E8/index.html

 

(Reporting by Andrew Hay in Taos, New Mexico; Additional reporting by Humeyra Pamuk in Washington; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Rosalba O'Brien)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-07-15

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[Tug]

Awww it’s just Donald pandering to his base trolling regular Americans and terrifying kids and families from the immigrant community 

[wayned]

It seems taht the Trump family is quite familiar with deportation and draft dodging.  His grandfather dodged the draft and immigrated to the US and became an American citizen. He  then tried to return and live in Germanybecause his wife was homesick.  It seems that Germany didn't want him because he failed to report for military service and threatened to deport him if he didn't leave on his own

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trumps-grandfather-banished-germany-records-reveal-freidrich-kallstadt-a7430636.html

[Kelsall]

Legal immigrants are not hiding.  Illegal immigrants are.

[Tug]

1 hour ago, RobboR said:

Not seen you opining about the Thai immigration's medieval methods. 

Obviously too scared for that!

Nope to busy living the good life here on our southern border in the good old USA just go to our home in Thailand a few months out of the year 

[DoctorG]

This is a story about nothing happening while the story of the day is getting little MSM play. Why? Because it is about an ANTIFA anarchist trying to firebomb the Tacoma ICE detention centre and getting killed for his efforts.

[Tug]

3 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

This is a story about nothing happening while the story of the day is getting little MSM play. Why? Because it is about an ANTIFA anarchist trying to firebomb the Tacoma ICE detention centre and getting killed for his efforts.

There are nut jobs on the left as well as the right Christian musulm Jew Buddhist the vast majority aren’t 

[DoctorG]

16 minutes ago, Tug said:

There are nut jobs on the left as well as the right Christian musulm Jew Buddhist the vast majority aren’t 

Absolutely agree. Just highlighting the disparity between what is considered to be news from the MSM.

[bristolboy]

45 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

This is a story about nothing happening while the story of the day is getting little MSM play. Why? Because it is about an ANTIFA anarchist trying to firebomb the Tacoma ICE detention centre and getting killed for his efforts.

I couldn't find it on that well known leftist website, foxnews.com

[DoctorG]

21 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

I couldn't find it on that well known leftist website, foxnews.com

I do not use the Legacy Media for my news but was surprised that Fox would not be carrying it, so I looked, just for you BB.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/armed-man-reportedly-shot-after-throwing-incendiary-devices-at-ice-detention-center

[Becker]

1 hour ago, DoctorG said:

Absolutely agree. Just highlighting the disparity between what is considered to be news from the MSM.

And just why should this particular bit of news deserve the big headlines?

[bristolboy]

30 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

I do not use the Legacy Media for my news but was surprised that Fox would not be carrying it, so I looked, just for you BB.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/armed-man-reportedly-shot-after-throwing-incendiary-devices-at-ice-detention-center

I the foxnews search function and couldn't find it.

[DoctorG]

Just now, bristolboy said:

I the foxnews search function and couldn't find it.

Admittedly was not on first page. Needed some deep diving to find it. 

[DoctorG]

8 minutes ago, Becker said:

And just why should this particular bit of news deserve the big headlines?

Certainly a bit more interesting than a story about ICE raids that did not happen. Matter of opinion I suppose.

[webfact]

U.S. launches small-scale immigration raids as families hide

By Andrew Hay

 

A general view of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, as communities brace for a reported wave of deportation raids across the U.S. by ICE officers, in Miramar, near Miami, Florida, U.S. July 14, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello

 

(Reuters) - U.S. authorities launched small-scale operations to arrest undocumented families over the weekend in a start to President Donald Trump's plan to deport thousands of immigrants.

 

The multi-day operation was expected to target hundreds of recently-arrived families in about 10 cities who have been ordered deported by an immigration judge.

 

The removal operations are meant to deter a surge in Central American families fleeing poverty and gang violence in their home countries, with many seeking asylum in the United States.

 

Activists are preparing for a nationwide wave of arrests of immigrants facing deportation that will commence on Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday confirmed that the plan, intended to discourage a surge of Central American migrants, was on track after a delay. Nathan Frandino has more.

 

Immigrants and their advocates were on standby for mass arrests, but by Sunday night there were only reports of low-profile operations in a few cities.

 

"We are doing targeted enforcement actions against specific individuals who have had their day in immigration court and have been ordered removed by an immigration judge," Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Matt Albence told Fox News when asked for an update.

 

Mary Bauer at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) said there were no confirmed operations in large southern cities such as Atlanta.

 

There were no reports of arrests from the American Immigration Council, which has lawyers on standby to give legal advice at the country's largest family migrant detention center in Dilley, Texas.

 

"Immigrants and immigrant communities all over the country are in hiding and people are living in these terrified, terrorized ways, because that is the point of this whole action, whether enforcement actions take place or not," said Bauer, the SPLC's deputy legal director.

 

GRAPHIC: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/editorcharts/USA-IMMIGRATION/0H001PBKB5E8/index.html

 

"LIGHTS OFF, BLINDS DOWN"

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said there were three ICE operations in his city on Saturday, with no reported arrests. He said there was no ICE activity in New York on Sunday.

 

"This is a political act by this president, he's politicized a United States government agency to help him win re-election," said de Blasio, a Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential race.

 

In Denver, the Colorado Rapid Response Network of immigration activists said there were unconfirmed reports of ICE or police detaining three people on Sunday in the Potter Highlands area.

 

The Miami-based Florida Immigrant Coalition said immigrants were sheltering at home after ICE agents were seen near the city's international airport. No arrests were reported.

 

"They've been stocking up on groceries and making plans to stay in their homes with the lights off and the blinds down," the group posted on Facebook. "Some are staying home from work."

 

An ICE spokeswoman declined to comment on operations, citing the safety of the agency's personnel.

 

Albence told Fox News that enforcement operations would target families who entered the country illegally then mostly failed to attend court hearings to pursue an asylum claim.

 

Immigration rights activists have said that in many cases immigrants do not receive proper notice of their court dates.

 

The operations came as the Trump administration faces criticism for housing immigrants in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions and there are concerns about migrant children being separated from adults by U.S. authorities.

 

“While we haven’t heard of widespread sweeps, none of our communities should have to live in fear that parents won't come home from work, or kids won't return from school," said Lauren Weiner, communications director for the American Civil Liberties Union, which sued this week to stop the arrests going ahead.

 

Amid protests outside ICE facilities, a 69-year-old gunman was shot dead by police early on Saturday after he attacked an immigration detention center in Tacoma, Washington and set fire to at least one vehicle outside.

 

(Reporting by Andrew Hay in Taos, New Mexico; Additional reporting by Humeyra Pamuk in Washington; Editing by Daniel Wallis, Rosalba O'Brien and Susan Thomas)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-07-15

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[Boon Mee]

3 hours ago, Kelsall said:

Legal immigrants are not hiding.  Illegal immigrants are.

Yup, the title of this news piece should read Illegal Aliens and Criminals Are in Hiding. 

No wonder the MSM are called the Enemy of the People... 

 

[howbri]

5 hours ago, Tug said:

Awww it’s just Donald pandering to his base trolling regular Americans and terrifying kids and families from the immigrant community 

They're NOT from the "immigrant" community! They're from the "ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT" community. There's a difference1

[Scott]

The people being targeted are those who have gone through the legal processes and have a deportation order against them from the courts.   From the OP:

 

The multi-day operation was expected to target hundreds of recently-arrived families in about 10 cities who have been ordered deported by an immigration judge.

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Albence told Fox News that enforcement operations would target families who entered the country illegally then mostly failed to attend court hearings to pursue an asylum claim.

 

Immigration rights activists have said that in many cases immigrants do not receive proper notice of their court dates.

Having your day in court, trump style. 

 

“Immigration rights activists have said that in many cases immigrants do not receive proper notice of their court dates.”

Edited July 15, 2019 by Bluespunk

[SOTIRIOS]

...the 'Demon Rats'...support a breached border....???

 

....to bleed the Federal Government...???

 

...and to help them win the next election...???

 

...and some of you  !@#$%^&* actually support this...???

 

...would you like illegal unknowns living in your house...and costing you....???

 

...even in your neighborhood, for that matter...???

 

...can't believe this....!!!

 

 

[Becker]

1 hour ago, Boon Mee said:

Yup, the title of this news piece should read Illegal Aliens and Criminals Are in Hiding. 

No wonder the MSM are called the Enemy of the People... 

 

By whom? Anyone credible?

[Becker]

2 hours ago, DoctorG said:

Certainly a bit more interesting than a story about ICE raids that did not happen. Matter of opinion I suppose.

Yes indeed, matter of opinion. One story is about a wacko who got killed trying to perpetrate a crime (happens probably on a daily basis) and the other is about the president of the US again lying through his teeth. Now that does happen on a daily basis so I guess it's a toss-up which story deserves the most attention.

[blazes]

42 minutes ago, SOTIRIOS said:

...the 'Demon Rats'...support a breached border....???

 

....to bleed the Federal Government...???

 

...and to help them win the next election...???

 

...and some of you  !@#$%^&* actually support this...???

 

...would you like illegal unknowns living in your house...and costing you....???

 

...even in your neighborhood, for that matter...???

 

...can't believe this....!!!

 

 

 

Sotirios has a point here.  I am not a citizen of the US of A, but it really does amaze me that there are so many (apparently American) people here on TV whose main reason for getting up in the morning is to brainlessly (and aimlessly) throw $hite at Trump.

Are these morons actually saying that (as per Sotirios's questions) they would not object at all to their neighbourhoods being swarmed with people who had entered their country illegally?

I find that difficult to believe.

The brainlessness of their anti-Trump BS becomes apparent when we remember that Obama had exactly the same response to illegal aliens, and, in his languid way, ordered his border people to send them all back.

[Chomper Higgot]

4 hours ago, DoctorG said:

Absolutely agree. Just highlighting the disparity between what is considered to be news from the MSM.

So where did you hear about it?

[Hayduke]

2 hours ago, blazes said:

The brainlessness of their anti-Trump BS becomes apparent when we remember that Obama had exactly the same response to illegal aliens, and, in his languid way, ordered his border people to send them all back.

 

Exactly. Interesting to note that while the Obama administration was following the law and deporting some 3.1 million people (see ICE website)...there was not one word of protest from anyone. Not a single voice of 'righteous' indignation, not a single 'sanctuary city' and not a single promise by civil authorities to resist ICE activities.. Now....because there's a president the media doesn't like, following the Immigration laws is suddenly a diabolical plot dreamed up by the Republicans. Trump may be an ass....but Immigration-wise, he's not doing anything Obama didn't do.

 

 

 

Edited July 15, 2019 by Hayduke

[Redline]

2 hours ago, SOTIRIOS said:

...the 'Demon Rats'...support a breached border....???

 

....to bleed the Federal Government...???

 

...and to help them win the next election...???

 

...and some of you  !@#$%^&* actually support this...???

 

...would you like illegal unknowns living in your house...and costing you....???

 

...even in your neighborhood, for that matter...???

 

...can't believe this....!!!

 

 

I saw a panty untwister on Facebook.  Now you can just type panty untwister in your news feed, and get a recommendation.  God forbid you don't wear them in Thailand ????  can you believe this!!!!!!

I'm an independent, and the law should be followed, as long as the government is upholding their end of the deal, which seems not to be the case.

 

Edited July 15, 2019 by Redline

[Sujo]

7 minutes ago, Hayduke said:

 

Exactly. Interesting to note that while the Obama administration was following the law and deporting some 3.1 million people (see ICE website)...there was not one word of protest from anyone. Not a single voice of 'righteous' indignation, not a single 'sanctuary city' and not a single promise by civil authorities to resist ICE activities.. Now....because there's a president the media doesn't like, following the Immigration laws is suddenly an evil plot diabolically dreamed up by the Republicans.

 

 

 

Nice to see an admission that whilst Trump promised to fix illegal immigration it turns out he is a failure and Obama kept the US better protected against illegals.

[Roy Baht]

Funny, US launches raids on immigrants in the US, and all the Trumptards in Thailand cheer. Then Thai immigration launches raids on the immigrants in Thailand, and all the Trumptards whine like bitches. You dumb old white geezers. "Drug dealers, criminals, rapists" is what Trump calls Mexicans. Don't you see? That's how the Thai government views you. You are the Mexicans of Thailand.

[daoyai]

15 minutes ago, Roy Baht said:

Funny, US launches raids on immigrants in the US, and all the Trumptards in Thailand cheer. Then Thai immigration launches raids on the immigrants in Thailand, and all the Trumptards whine like bitches. You dumb old white geezers. "Drug dealers, criminals, rapists" is what Trump calls Mexicans. Don't you see? That's how the Thai government views you. You are the Mexicans of Thailand.

No, that would be the Burmese.  We bring hard currency into the economy, our papers are in order.

[riclag]

29 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Nice to see an admission that whilst Trump promised to fix illegal immigration it turns out he is a failure and Obama kept the US better protected against illegals.

enter the 9th circut zone ! Where all of your liberal wishes mostly come true But not if your on the right

Edited July 15, 2019 by riclag