With ICE officers ready to swoop on unauthorised migrants, rights groups are sounding the alarm bell
Immigrant advocate groups are calling on the Trump administration to show restraint after it announced widespread Immigration Customs and Enforcement raids across the US planned for this weekend.
Trump has said that "everybody that came into the country illegally will be brought out of the country very legally”. Trump, who took office in January 2017, campaigned on rhetoric that was often criticised as racist towards numerous minority groups. “We want to push back against ICE’s narrative that these actions are targeting people who are allegedly ‘gaming the system’ or fugitives ,” explains Rebecca Lightsey, AG’s Executive Director. “Immigration matters are both unique and extremely complex. An outstanding removal order does not tell you whether someone might have other relief available outside the courts and rarely does it reflect malicious intent on the part of our clients.
In this March 30, 2012 photo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents take a suspect into custody as part of a nationwide immigration sweep in Chula Vista, Calif. Federal officials say they arrested more than 3,100 immigrants convicted of serious crimes and fugitives in a six-day nationwide sweep. Officials at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement say the sweep included every state and involved more than 1,900 of the agency’s officers and agents.
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