In the name of “Homeland Security”, ICE is in the business of protecting the United States from dangerous students daring to travel to NY to celebrate the new year.

On Thursday, December 30th, 5 Latino youths from Illinois were traveling to New York to celebrate the new year on Amtrak. They are all students and unfortunately 3 of them live in the reality of being undocumented. ICE did a sweep on the train and took 3 of them into custody. Two of the young girls from this group are US citizens and were not arrested but are now in New York alone and waiting for bonds to be paid in Chicago. Two young men are being held in a Buffalo NY Federal Detention Facility. A girl is being held in another facility, location unknown to me.

As soon as I learn more information, if I learn more information, I will be sure to pass it on, but the message that ICE is sending is clear. Immigration and Customs enforcement wants to imprison undocumented young people and will go out of it’s way to do so by stepping up checkpoints on domestic travel venues or by instilling so much fear causing young people to stay locked up inside their homes.