Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will launch massive raids on Sunday targeting undocumented immigrants scheduled for deportation, The New York Times reported early Thursday, in an operation that President Trump delayed weeks ago.
The ICE action had been set to take place in 10 major cities and target up to 2,000 immigrants, according to multiple reports.
According to the Times, officials will try to hold detained family members at centers in Texas and Pennsylvania, adding that ICE wants to deport families as quickly as possible.
The newspaper added that other undocumented immigrants caught up in the raids could also be detained.
“Due to law-enforcement sensitivities,” a spokesperson for ICE declined to comment on the Times’s report, noting however that anyone in violation of immigration laws may be removed from the U.S. “if found removable by final order.”
Trump said in late June that he was temporarily delaying the raids to give Congress time to pass new restrictions on asylum laws, which Democrats who control the House oppose.
Trump earlier this month said the raids would begin after the July 4 holiday.
The acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ken Cuccinelli, told reporters on Wednesday that the raids were “going to happen” but did not provide details.
The raids are the latest hard-line approach taken by the administration to deter migrants from making the journey from Central America to the U.S.
Trump in March threatened to close the southern border unless the flow of migrants was stemmed, eventually striking a deal with Mexico that the Department of Homeland Security has touted as lowering crossings.
Apprehensions dropped 28.5 percent between May and June, suggesting the deal had a major effect on Central American immigration.
Critics, however, say the measures have done little to deter migrants and that the fall in apprehensions is mostly due to the rising heat in the summer months, when migrants are historically less likely to cross into the U.S.
In 2018, the overall apprehensions fell by 17 percent in June, a less significant drop. However, this June still had the most apprehensions since 2004.
https://thehill.com/latino/452555-deportation-raids-to-begin-sunday-report?amp
“Trump earlier this month said the raids would begin after the July 4 holiday.”
“They also said that artificial sweeteners were safe, WMDs were in Iraq and Anna Nicole married for love.”
https://youtu.be/vN1EBlXcjyU
I love the lines of that movie
Especially the one before the senator gets shot
Other than ‘Lord of the Rings’, this is hands-down my all-time favorite movie, EotS. There are SO many great lines that it’s hard to pick any one favorite (actually, though, the above line is the one I’ve posted more than any other from the movie in comments…it is SO relevant!), but here are a couple others that really hit home…
“In the end the law will never catch and hold’em. In a year or two he’ll be back in business, new names, new messenger boys, same old story. And I’ll be dead. There’s gunna be some hard hairy work. There’s going to be more shooting, more people are going to die. Now, I didn’t start it, but sure as hell I mean to see it through. Get it straight, are you in or are you out?”
“I don’t think you understand, these boys killed my dog.”
And THIS one tops them all…
“Senator Charles F. Meachum: You got any plans after this? You have a rather unique skill set. I’d be interested in offering you a job.
Bob Lee Swagger: Work? For you?
Senator Charles F. Meachum: It’s not really as bad as it seems. It’s all gonna be done in any case. You might as well be on the side that gets you well paid for your efforts.
Nick Memphis: And what side are you on?
Senator Charles F. Meachum: There are no sides. There’s no Sunnis and Shiites. There’s no Democrats and Republicans. There’s only HAVES and HAVE-NOTS.”
PURE, UNADULTERATED TRUTH!!!!!
Free Beer Tomorrow –
i’ll pay you tomorrow for a hamburger today