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Undocumented immigrants have good reason to feat seeking federal assistance, with raids popping up all over the country, even those left in desperate situations in the aftermath of Hurricane Dolly feel safer keeping quiet.

Since 2003, Federal Emergency Management Agency joined the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. FEMA officials are insisting that undocumented residents are at no risk of deportation if they seek aid available through President Bush’s local disaster declaration last week.

Hmmm so are undocumented immigrants expected to trust Homeland Security? Not so fast….

“Information is shared (between DHS departments), but only on a need-to-know basis,” FEMA spokesman Don Jacks said. “We’re not a law enforcement agency; we’re here to help people.”

But what exactly is need to know? The current actions and rhetoric coming out of Homeland Security certainly sounds like they want to know who is undocumented. After all, they want undocumented people to self-deport!

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