VivirLatino

While at least hundreds of thousands are expected to hit the streets today, May Day, demanding legalization and basic human rights for undocumented immigrants living in the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and their roundups of undocumented workers continue to haunt, especially in the Latino community.

In March, I reported on a roundup at a factory in New Bedford, Massachusetts. As a direct result of that raid, mothers have been separated from their children via deportation. Others are in detention centers as far away as Texas, and others have left “voluntarily”, avoiding proceedings before an immigration judge but also deeming themselves ineligible for legal U.S. entry visas.

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