Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement raids in at least six states

[yota691]

Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement raids in at least six states

 

 

 

 

By Lisa Rein, Abigail Hauslohner and Sandhya Somashekhar February 10 at 8:25 PM 

 

U.S. immigration authorities arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in at least a half-dozen states this week in a series of raids that marked the first large-scale enforcement of President Trump’s Jan. 26 order to crack down on the estimated 11 million immigrants living here illegally.

The raids, which officials said targeted known criminals, also netted some immigrants who did not have criminal records, an apparent departure from similar enforcement waves during the Obama administration that aimed to just corral and deport those who had committed crimes.

Trump has pledged to deport as many as 3 million undocumented immigrants with criminal records. Last month he also made a change to the Obama administration’s policy of prioritizing deportation for convicted criminals, substantially broadening the scope of who the Department of Homeland Security can target to include those with minor offenses or no convictions at all.

Immigration officials confirmed that agents this week raided homes and workplaces in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, the Los Angeles area, North Carolina and South Carolina, netting hundreds of people. But Gillian Christensen, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said they were part of “routine” immigration enforcement actions. ICE dislikes the term “raids,” and prefers to say authorities are conducting “targeted enforcement actions.”

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Protesters blocked an onramp to the 101 freeway in Los Angeles Feb. 9, objecting to what they claim is a rise in immigration raids. (The Washington Post)

Christensen said the raids, which began Monday and ended Friday at noon, found undocumented immigrants from a dozen Latin American countries. “We’re talking about people who are threats to public safety or a threat to the integrity of the immigration system,” she said, noting that the majority of those detained were serious criminals, including some who had been convicted of murder and domestic violence.

[For years, immigration authorities gave this Arizona mother a pass. Now she has been deported.]

Immigration activists said the crackdown went beyond the six states DHS identified, and said they had also documented ICE raids of unusual intensity during the past two days in Florida, Kansas, Texas and Northern Virginia.

That undocumented immigrants with no criminal records were arrested and could potentially be deported sent a shock through immigrant communities nationwide amid concerns that the U.S. government could start going after law-abiding people.

“This is clearly the first wave of attacks under the Trump administration, and we know this isn’t going to be the only one,” Cristina Jimenez, executive director of United We Dream, an immigrant youth organization, said Friday during a conference call with immigration advocates.

ICE agents in the Los Angeles area Thursday swept a number of individuals into custody over the course of an hour, seizing them from their homes and on their way to work in daytime operations, activists said.

David Marin, ICE’s field director in the Los Angeles area, said in a conference call with reporters Friday that 75 percent of the approximately 160 people detained in the operation this week had felony convictions; the rest had misdemeanors or were in the United States illegally. Officials said Friday night that 37 of those detained in Los Angeles has been deported to Mexico.

 

“Dangerous criminals who should be deported are being released into our communities,” Marin said.

Spanish language radio stations and the local NPR affiliate in Los Angeles have been running public service announcements regarding the hourly “Know Your Rights” seminars the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles scheduled for Friday and Saturday. By the time the 4 p.m. group began Friday, more than 100 others had gathered at group’s office in the Westlake neighborhood just outside downtown.

A video that circulated on social media Friday appeared to show ICE agents detaining people in an Austin shopping center parking lot. Immigration advocates also reported roadway checkpoints, where ICE appeared to be targeting immigrants for random ID checks, in North Carolina and in Austin. ICE officials denied that authorities used checkpoints during the operations.

[The ‘sanctuary city’ on the front line of the fight over Trump’s immigration policy]

“I’m getting lots of reports from my constituents about seeing ICE on the streets. Teachers in my district have contacted me — certain students didn’t come to school today because they’re afraid,” said Greg Casar, an Austin city council member. “I talked to a constituent, a single mother, who had her door knocked on this morning by ICE.”

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.) said he confirmed with ICE’s San Antonio office that the agency “has launched a targeted operation in South and Central Texas as part of Operation Cross Check.”

“I am asking ICE to clarify whether these individuals are in fact dangerous, violent threats to our communities, and not people who are here peacefully raising families and contributing to our state,” Castro said in a statement Friday night.

Hiba Ghalib, an immigration lawyer in Atlanta, said the ICE detentions were causing “mass confusion” in the immigrant community. She said she had heard reports of ICE agents going door-to-door in one largely Hispanic neighborhood, asking people to present their papers.

“People are panicking,” Ghalib said. “People are really, really scared.”

Immigration officials acknowledged that authorities had cast a wider net than they would have last year, as the result of Trump’s executive order.

The Trump administration is facing a series of legal challenges to that order, and on Thursday lost a court battle over a separate executive order to temporarily ban entry into the United States by citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries, as well as by refugees. The administration said Friday that it is considering raising the case to the Supreme Court.

[Federal appeals court rules 3 to 0 against Trump on travel ban]

Some activists in Austin and Los Angeles suggested that the raids might be retaliation for those cities’ “sanctuary city” policies. A government aide familiar with the raids said it is possible that the predominantly daytime operations — a departure from the Obama administration’s night raids — meant to “send a message to the community that the Trump deportation force is in effect.”

Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, a pro-immigrant advocacy group, said that the wave of detentions harks back to the George W. Bush administration, when workplace raids to sweep up all undocumented workers were common.

The Obama administration conducted a spate of raids and also pursued a more aggressive deportation policy than any previous president, sending more than 400,000 people back to their birth countries at the height of his deportations in 2012. The public outcry over the lengthy detentions and deportations of women, children and people with minor offenses led Obama in his second term to prioritize convicted criminals for deportation.

A DHS official confirmed that while immigration agents were targeting criminals, given the broader range defined by Trump’s executive order they also were sweeping up non-criminals in the vicinity who were found to be lacking documentation. It was unclear how many of the people detained would have been excluded under Obama’s policy.

Federal immigration officials, as well as activists, said that the majority of those detained were adult men, and that no children were taken into custody.

“Big cities tend to have a lot of illegal immigrants,” said one immigration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly due to the sensitive nature of the operation. “They’re going to a target-rich environment.”

Immigrant rights groups said that they were planning protests in response to the raids, including one Friday evening in Federal Plaza in New York City and a vigil in Los Angeles.

“We cannot understate the level of panic and terror that is running through many immigrant communities,” said Walter Barrientos of Make the Road New York in New York City, who spoke on a conference call with immigration advocates.

“We’re trying to make sure that families who have been impacted are getting legal services as quickly as possible. We’re trying to do some legal triage,” said Bob Libal, the executive director of Grassroots Leadership, which provides assistance and advocacy work to immigrants in Austin. “It’s chaotic,” he said. The organization’s hotline, he said, had been overwhelmed with calls.

Jeanette Vizguerra, 35, a Mexican house cleaner whose permit to stay in the country expired this week, said Friday during the conference call that she was newly apprehensive about her scheduled meeting with ICE next week.

Fearing deportation, Vizguerra, a Denver mother of four — including three who are U.S. citizens — said through an interpreter that she had called on activists and supporters to accompany her to the meeting.

“I know I need to mobilize my community, but I know my freedom is at risk here,” Vizguerra said.

[pokerplayer]

I am asking ICE to clarify whether these individuals are in fact dangerous, violent threats to our communities, and not people who are here peacefully raising families and contributing to our state,” Castro said in a statement Friday night.- Sorry dudes, the free ride is over. Accept that the stolen money from the American people will never be recovered.You just didn't stick your head in the trough quick enough.

I’m getting lots of reports from my constituents about seeing ICE on the streets. Teachers in my district have contacted me — certain students didn’t come to school today because they’re afraid,” said Greg - Makes it easy to figure out who is illegal then ! Thxs for the help.

That undocumented immigrants with no criminal records were arrested and could potentially be deported sent a shock through immigrant communities nationwide amid concerns that the U.S. government could start going after law-abiding people- What part of undocumented don't they understand ?

People are panicking,” Ghalib said. “People are really, really scared - I would be to not knowing were my next welfare check was going to come from.

 

Just my pp

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

The left's hair-on-fire reaction is priceless !

Going so far as to claim these raids will scoop up "law-abiding" people, too. LAW-ABIDING?

If they're here ILLEGALLY they're NOT "law-abiding, you MORONS ! 

 

We hope this starts a trend of them heading BACK across the border for fear of being caught as well as quash the

incredible number coming in since that kommie ho'bummer opened the flood gates and tied our Law Enforcement's hands.

 

We'd love to see what that pipsqueak Mexi-Pres will do when HE has a massive influx of illegals on HIS home turf !

 

Trump should not "detain" nor "hold" anyone of them.  They need to get them OUT of here. - fast

If the kommie ACLU and other bleeding-heart lefty whiner do-gooder groups wanna provide them with so-called legal-rights-counsel,

let them do it for them while they wait BACK IN THEIR OWN DAMNED COUNTRIES !

 

And if the kids are afraid to go to school, good. 

 Not only lightens our classroom loads - which has been a very grave detriment to OUR OWN CHILDREN HERE

but also will save US BILLIONS of Dollars !

We're sorry they're scared -- but THAT'S NOT ON US.... their parents built that !

 

Contrary to the kommie mantra -- This Country is NOT obligated to take ALL THE 'huddled masses' of this world.

It's 'Law Enforcement' time.

 

 

 

 

 

[pokerplayer]

^^^^^ What the gals said ^^^^^^ up there.

 

pp

[MyLadiesDaddy]

I have a friend whom I used to attend Church with before I became Catholic. And my Friend is an I.C.E. agent. He's worked for I.C.E. for nearly 20yrs and he has for at least the last 8yrs talked with me on the phone as one of these kinds of,"raids", was about to go down. Not that that was his intentions but that we talk a lot about issues of faith and from time to time I would call him in such situations. I point this out to clarify that this is something that Immigration Agents have been doing for a loooooonnnnnnnggggg time. 

That is why I am constantly saying turn off the LSM or they will drive you bonkers. These Soro's paid hacks aren't real protesters and they don't give a dang about the issue that they're protesting. Don't give them or any of the psychotic lefts people any more attention. support your President and march when asked but ignore the morons of society. 

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

We cannot "ignore" them altogether....

they have to be addressed by our sitting Administration -- and harshly.

 

It's up to all of US to point them out,

call them out and

hold them responsible and accountable for the anarchy and chaos they bring.

[RV ME]

27 minutes ago, SgtFuryUSCZ said:

We'd love to see what that pipsqueak Mexi-Pres will do when HE has a massive influx of illegals on HIS home turf !

 

My first thought was “Why only 6 states?”

And you gotta love the reaction from south of the boarder regarding the repatriation of their fellow Mexican citizens.  While we MAGA they can MMGFO (Make Mexico Great For Once).

 

Irony at its Finest: Mexico Not ‘Ready’ to Take Back Illegals, Chamber of Commerce Pres. Says Economy ‘Will Take a Hit’

 

As Mexican towns along the U.S. border brace for the expected increase of deportees arriving back in their home country as a result of President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, one Tamaulipas official is speaking out, voicing his concerns that Mexico is ill-prepared to welcome their own nationals back.

In an moment of blaring irony, Tamaulipas Chamber of Commerce President Julio Cesar Almanza Armas expressed concern that a large influx of individuals crossing the southern border would negatively impact Mexico’s economy since the country is unprepared to accommodate them… As if the presence of these individuals never negatively impacted the United States when they illegally crossed our nation’s border.

“We aren’t ready for it, but it has to be done. I know that they are already working on it, the local, state and federal government and the cities along the border,” Armas further stated to media.

 

http://libertynews.com/2017/02/irony-at-its-finest-mexico-not-ready-to-take-back-illegals-chamber-of-commerce-pres-says-economy-will-take-a-hit/

[bostonangler]

Now they need to arrest the politicians who hire these people.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/19/politics/truth-squad-hiring-illegals/

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-pudzer-idUSKBN15M1CP

http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/ted-cruzs-new-spokesman-busted-hiring-illegal-immigrants/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nannygate

http://www.rawstory.com/2011/09/the-top-5-republican-hypocrites-on-immigration/

http://downtrend.com/71superb/did-Hillarious-break-the-law-by-hiring-illegal-aliens-for-her-campaign-si

http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/08/30/local-politicians-hired-bus-illegal-immigrants-killing-2-en-route-louisiana-cleanup/

http://time.com/4465744/donald-trump-undocumented-workers/

 

Every one of these people need to be arrested for breaking the law and endangering the safety of America. 

 

B/A

Edited February 11, 2017 by Markinsa
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[SgtFuryUSCZ]

2 minutes ago, RV ME said:

My first thought was “Why only 6 states?”

There are far more going on than that.

And Trump Administration is trying to get more funding to approve more agents.

 

And you gotta love the reaction from south of the boarder regarding the repatriation of their fellow Mexican citizens. 

While we MAGA they can MMGFO (Make Mexico Great For Once).

LOL !  Serves them right !  See how THEY like it for a change !

 

Irony at its Finest: Mexico Not ‘Ready’ to Take Back Illegals, Chamber of Commerce Pres. Says Economy ‘Will Take a Hit’

Awwww... poor babies.  Go see if your Minscule Mexi-Pres will free up some monies for ya...

But he's only going to tell you he ain't got it, he and his pals have already ROBBED ya'll blind...

and even if he DID have it, it belongs to Trump to build that wall ya'll hafta pay for !

Hahahahahahahaha...!

 

 

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

If anyone 'hired illegals' KNOWINGLY, then, yes, they need to face the music.

But with the advent of incredibly adept Fake Document Mills here,

and the useless government oversight measures currently in place,

and ho'bummer's hack IRS intentionally ignoring those they could easily have identified through filings,

most folks can't even tell they are hiring one... sooo....

GOTTA SLAM THE DOOR SHUT NOW AND PURGE, PURGE, PURGE so innocents don't accidently or

unwittingly hire these criminals.

[new york kevin]

In relation to the non-criminals getting picked up, are  they the otherwise innocent families of said criminal aliens? If so, you would not want us to separate the families from their parent/parents would you? Were these criminal record free people supporting the criminal enterprise i some way? Perhaps harboring or obstructing the legal investigation?

Yes the economy will take a hit since the cheap labor will vanish. Yet, this will allow the market to then increase the hourly wage. Personally, as a LVN/LPN I have not had a wage increase within 10 years. That stinks. Unlicensed care givers are to thank for that.

Edited February 11, 2017 by new york kevin

[RV ME]

Starting to hear the pro-illegal mouthpieces making the claim that so many illegals own homes as an argument that they should not be deported.  These fools think they are making a persuasive argument but don’t realize that their argument proves that this group of illegals are illegally working in America (thereby contributing to the 94,000,000 Americans not in the workforce) and are continuing to break our laws, which is criminal.  Thereby destroying their “law abiding” argument.

[pokerplayer]

1 hour ago, new york kevin said:

In relation to the non-criminals getting picked up, are  they the otherwise innocent families of said criminal aliens? If so, you would not want us to separate the families from their parent/parents would you? Were these criminal record free people supporting the criminal enterprise i some way? Perhaps harboring or obstructing the legal investigation?

Yes the economy will take a hit since the cheap labor will vanish. Yet, this will allow the market to then increase the hourly wage. Personally, as a LVN/LPN I have not had a wage increase within 10 years. That stinks. Unlicensed care givers are to thank for that.

I stand by my affirmation to deport them all ! Should a child be born to an illegal in the USA the they should NOT be given citizenship. Period. I would love to be in charge here in Canada as I too would punt there sorry azzes back home !!

pp

[429]

4 minutes ago, new york kevin said:

In relation to the non-criminals getting picked up, are  they the otherwise innocent families of said criminal aliens? If so, you would not want us to separate the families from their parent/parents would you? Were these criminal record free people supporting the criminal enterprise i some way? Perhaps harboring or obstructing the legal investigation?

OK Kevin, my 2 cents here (in blue):

In relation to the non-criminals getting picked up, are  they the otherwise innocent families of said criminal aliens? Do they have legitimate proof that they are here legally? Green cards? US Passports? If not and they're using illegitimate documents, they're not quite so innocent, are they?

If so, you would not want us to separate the families from their parent/parents would you? Yeah, we can't force a US citizen to go to another country. But I can't stop them from going to Mexico or Guatemala or Columbia or China or Great Britain if they want to keep their families together. Transport their families there too if that's what they want.

Were these criminal record free people supporting the criminal enterprise i some way? Buying fake documents is not supporting a criminal enterprise? Perhaps harboring or obstructing the legal investigation? If that's what they did, then they need to pay the piper.

A lot of these words are typed as someone who has had their identity stolen/hijacked. I just pegged to the bottom of my sympathy meter.

Like I said, my .

[pokerplayer]

Atta boy 429, could not of said it better ! DJT should bring Sheriff Joe on board. He would be a great advisor for rounding up these illegals and getting them punted !

pp

[skeetdog]

Thanks Yota....

2 hours ago, yota691 said:

Fearing deportation, Vizguerra, a Denver mother of four — including three who are U.S. citizens — said through an interpreter that she had called on activists and supporters to accompany her to the meeting.

“I know I need to mobilize my community, but I know my freedom is at risk here,” Vizguerra said.

....The problem with this is, Mrs. Vizguerra has been in the US for at least three years, with three US children, and still needs an interpreter...One of the conditions of US citizenship is to learn the national language of English...The US has bent over backwards for the Hispanic community and their language concerns...We don't have any other type of language adoptions, other than ''Spanish'', in the USA...It needs to stop or next we'll be faced with the options of either English, Spanish or next Arabic...

5 minutes ago, RV ME said:

 

Starting to hear the pro-illegal mouthpieces making the claim that so many illegals own homes as an argument that they should not be deported.  These fools think they are making a persuasive argument but don’t realize that their argument proves that this group of illegals are illegally working in America (thereby contributing to the 94,000,000 Americans not in the workforce) and are continuing to break our laws, which is criminal.  Thereby destroying their “law abiding” argument.

 

Very well stated RV ME...Americans could be in the positions as these illegal immigrants are enjoying....Mexicans have risen to the point of authority to hiring people and only chose to hire their native comrades...

 

2 minutes ago, pokerplayer said:

DJT should bring Sheriff Joe on board. He would be a great advisor for rounding up these illegals and getting them punted !

Great choice ''pokerplayer''...Sheriff Joe would damn sure be the man for the job....

[MyLadiesDaddy]

59 minutes ago, SgtFuryUSCZ said:

We cannot "ignore" them altogether....

they have to be addressed by our sitting Administration -- and harshly.

 

It's up to all of US to point them out,

call them out and

hold them responsible and accountable for the anarchy and chaos they bring.

By ignoring them I was mostly referring to the LSM. However, when it comes to the so called protesters my thoughts are that most of them are not real protesters but paid actors and thus should be outright ignored as they don't really care about the issue. But another solution to this issue is that for every paid protest we true Americans can organize on Saturdays a real rally in show of support for our President. Somehow I think that we would present far more supporters of President Trump than the Soros actors against him.

 

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

The "paid actors" creating the chaos & violence ARE the ones which must be removed from the equation !

The leftists feel empowered by those regressivists and their behavior & the 'BULLY" factor gets kicked up 10 notches !

It ESCALATES everything !

Which is exactly why the court in D.C. is going to drop a very heavy hammer on those they rounded up smashing

the windows and setting the limo on fire.  And these will be FEDERAL CHARGES.

They are by no means benign 'protestors'.

They are professional agitators to whip the leftists into a hateful, destructive frenzy !

[Xtaxguy]

16 minutes ago, SgtFuryUSCZ said:

The "paid actors" creating the chaos & violence ARE the ones which must be removed from the equation !

The leftists feel empowered by those regressivists and their behavior & the 'BULLY" factor gets kicked up 10 notches !

It ESCALATES everything !

Which is exactly why the court in D.C. is going to drop a very heavy hammer on those they rounded up smashing

the windows and setting the limo on fire.  And these will be FEDERAL CHARGES.

They are by no means benign 'protestors'.

They are professional agitators to whip the leftists into a hateful, destructive frenzy !

A little basic anti-mob [as in Mafia] tactics would help a lot.  If they're violent, charge the hell out of them - sedition, attempted murder, arson, etc., PLUS conspiracy (always a felony even if underlying crimes are mere misdemeanors) with RICO enhancements.  Could add up to life in the slammer!  Then make attractive plea deals IF they rat out their immediate employers.  Do the same thing x2 to the low level employers with deals for them if they rat out their employers/funders.  And so on, up the line.  Soon would have Soros, Styerskovsky, DNC, Hillarious, SEIU, NEA, etc., etc. in the bag.  Knot bag, throw in river, power wash street and sidewalks.  Now that would be draining the urban swamp.

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

BRAVO !, XTAX !    Well said !   

[yota691]

IT JUST STARTED! Illegals Scatter Like Roaches As Trump Immigration Raids Just Kicked Off!

By Jeff Rainforth

 

[yota691]

 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

Please Master Yota tell me that you know this is just the LSM hyping up some bs in their vain effort to make Trump look bad. As I've stated this has been going on for several yrs and I know that for a fact.