Posts Tagged ‘ICE raids’
9-11 ICE Arrests in San Francisco Highlight Disregard for Nuestros Niños y Familias
2:07 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration| Justice| San Francisco| children · 3 Comments
15 Sep 2008
On a day when some people were remembering, the exploitation of the ideal of freedom and justice was going down full force in San Francisco. On the night of September 11, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided a San Francisco home, arrested four women and two men while agents searched for an individual who did not reside in the home, according to the city’s Immigrant Rights Commission.
Two supervisors spoke out today against the raid in San Francisco, which a sanctuary city. That status has allowed the city to refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities except in felony cases.
“As a government, we are trying to reduce fear and violence,” said Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, in whose district the raid occurred. “My primary concern is about the families and, in this instance, the young girl whose mother was taken into custody.”
Supervisor Tom Ammiano agreed, saying, “This is yet another example of how ICE operates. There is no humanity in harassing children and leaving them behind.”
School District Superintendent Carlos Garcia’s concern was for the students in his district and commented on possible parental concerns.
“A student came to school today and told teachers that immigration had taken all members of her family,” he said. “I want to assure all of our families that our schools are a safe place for a child to turn for support and we do not ask anyone’s legal status.”
ICE Raids Must be Stopped
5:29 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration · 1 Comment
12 Sep 2008
I really liked this piece about why ICE raids must be stopped because it rewrites the traditional pro-immigration rhetoric based in “we’re such good people, thus we deserve to immigrate!” As Mala pointed out a while ago, that rhetoric has all sorts of problems with it.
The authors of this article talk about ‘family’ within the context of pro-immigration, but they move away from the we’re-good-people narrative to center ‘family’ within the discussion of international human rights:
Family and community rights are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 16 mentions the right to found a family, and posits that the family is “the natural and fundamental group unit of society.”
ICE Response to Hurricane Gustav Questioned
1:57 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Environment| Immigration · Comments Off
8 Sep 2008
Remember this notice put out by ICE telling undocumented workers that it would not round them up during Hurricane Gustav evacuations?
Mississippi ICE Raid Connected to Union Organizing
6:58 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Labor · 1 Comment
4 Sep 2008Remember the ICE raids that happened recently in Mississippi? I just read a really important analysis about those raids and why they happened. Among the article’s assertions (for those of you who hate unions, socialism, etc, be prepared to get angry):
* Many of the undocumented workers were demanding and agreeing to join the local union.
* There was a historical legacy of tension between workers provoked by politicians and lawmakers.
* There is a historical legacy of the company in question being sued by the union and workers for working conditions and infringement on workers rights.
* Although its been reported that the ICE investigation began because of a phone call tip by a union member, ICE refuses to substantiate or otherwise give evidence of the truth of this assertion.
It’s interesting exactly how many of the ICE raids conducted in just this summer alone have been connected to unionization of workers. It seems to me that workers that have citizen papers are cutting off their noses to spite their faces when they rally against undocumented workers. As long as there is an underclass of worker, there will always be a reason to export jobs, no?
ICE Swoops Down Again : This Time in North Carolina
10:22 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration| North Carolina · Comments Off
13 Aug 2008
President Bush’s administration has made it very clear that he’s gonna go out with a bang, not with a wimper when it comes to attacking immigrant communities.
Just yesterday there was a report of another raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), this time in Ashville, North Carolina.
Federal officials have taken nearly 60 employees of an
Asheville company into custody as part of an operation to arrest suspected
illegal immigrants.The 57 people are employees of Mills Manufacturing Corporation, a government
contractor that makes parachutes for the U.S. military.U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Ivan L. Ortiz-Delgado said
that arrests are part of a targeted investigation.Ortiz-Delgado said that Mills Manufacturing is not a target of the
investigation and has been fully cooperative. The 59 workers who have been
detained are out of a total company workforce of 160, Ortiz-Delgado said.In all the case so far, the workers detained used fraudulent documents, ICE
officials said.Most of the people detained are from Mexico, but others are from Guatemala,
Ecuador, Honduras and El Salvador.About half of the people detained were released for humanitarian reasons,
ICE said. Those reason include child care and medical situations.The rest are being held at the Henderson County Detention Center. The county
has a an agreement with ICE to process and hold people accused of
immigration violations.
National Immigrant Bond Fund
10:14 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Immigration| Justice| Money · Comments Off
28 Jul 2008
With ICE raiding communities across the United States, people are left scrambling dealing with the political, personal, and economic aftermath.One important front in the struggle for human rights is ensuring access to a fair legal process to help avoid deportation and stop the fragmentation of families.
Legal experts across the nation agree that the best chance immigrant detainees have to avoid deportation is to post bond immediately and contest their case in the courts. Posting bond sets jurisdiction in the district where the arrest took place, thereby avoiding ICE’s rapid transfer of detainees outside the district. Posting bond also increases the detainee’s ability to argue his/her case for a stay of deportation before a judge. Lastly detainees able to post bond have better access to community resources and family support.
ICE Raid in East Houston This Morning
7:39 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| houston · Comments Off
25 Jun 2008
I don’t have too much information, as this is based on an email I received, but there apparently was an ICE raid this morning in East Houston, Texas. According to the email, 150 to 200 ICE agents conducted a raid close by the Houston Ship Channel. 60-70% of those who were detained were women (I’m sure some were mothers as well). ICE had release 16 people because one of them was actually a Mexican American and the rest had the legal right to work in the US.
The were also 10 pregnant women. 4 employees were transported for medical treatment, and of the 4, a woman was transported by helicopter to the medical center because she fell 20 feet off a stack of wooden pallets.
If anyone has anymore information, either first hand or via their local papers, please let us know. I will also be posting updates as they come in.
ICE Ups Their Scare Tactics by Targetting Elementary Schools
9:44 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Education| Family| Immigration| children · 1 Comment
7 May 2008
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, has upped it’s scare tactics and now is resorting to terrorizing families by waiting outside elementary schools. Yesterday afternoon ICE agents parked outside Stonehurst Elementary School in Oakland, California. The agents did not attempt to enter the school but rather lay in wait, like hunters. No arrests have been reported.
There have been other cases of ICE targeting parents through their children. Remember the case of the girls who were deported for cutting school?
This is completely unacceptable. As a parent with a child in public school, I should not be afraid of taking my child to school or picking her up because of ICE agents menacingly parked outside. Personally I am trying to find out what the NYC Department of Education policy is regarding ICE. I urge people to do the same.
Via / Latina Lista, Personal email
ICE Conducts Nationwide Raids : Pope Says God Bless America
11:30 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cities| Immigration| Justice| Religion · Comments Off
17 Apr 2008Oh the irony of it all. As Pope Benedict declared God Bless America from Washington D.C., immigrants in 8 states: Arkansas, Florida. Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, Tennessee and West Virginia, were more likely quoting Rev. Wright.
Federal immigration agents raided Pilgrim’s Pride poultry plants in five states today in a crackdown on an alleged scam to provide fake identification for illegal immigrant workers.
Julie Myers, Immigration and Customs Enforcement assistant secretary, told The Associated Press that more than 100 people were expected to be arrested on criminal charges related to identity theft.
There is talk that this recent wave of raids is a scare tactic. Is it coincidence that the raids happened on the same day that the pro-immigrant May Day Marches were announced? Certainly, in my immigrant ‘hood, there is fear of living day to day, never mind exposing yourself in a very public display of activism.
ICE Raids Dallas Nightclubs and Restaurants
8:10 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Texas · Comments Off
31 Mar 2008
The number of clubs and restaurants in my hood is astounding. Little holes in the wall where many in my immigrant community seek refuge in after a day/night of hard work. So the implications of recent ICE activities in Dallas, Texas are huge if you take a wider perspective.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with, the Dallas County District Attorney, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Dallas Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas raided bars, clubs, restaurants, supermarkets and pool halls in an attempt to crack down on security companies that hire undocumented immigrants as security guards.
A total of 49 undocumented immigrants who worked as security guards were reported arrested.
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