Immigrant families across the country waited in fear Sunday as President Donald Trump’s planned mass deportation raids failed to manifest in major U.S. cities this weekend
Immigrant families across the country waited in fear Sunday as President Donald Trump’s planned mass deportation raids failed to manifest in major U.S. cities.
Any enforcement actions reported this weekend were more similar to routine ICE arrests. The agency, which immigration activists and several lawmakers say should be abolished, regularly detains and removes immigrants a judge has deemed should be deported after a court hearing. Cities across the country ― including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Houston and Chicago ― have been preparing for the mass roundups after The New York Times first reported the plan. Preparations included informing immigrant families of their rights should they be confronted by ICE agents or detained by them. Democratic lawmakers like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have also shared “know your rights” campaigns.
Other cities are following suit with that sentiment. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said his department would not cooperate with ICE, and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced an executive action last week permanently banning ICE from accessing all police databases in the city, including gang databases, for federal immigration reasons.
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