Chicago It was the new headquarters of the Operation Midway Blitza series of operations coordinated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHSfor its acronym in English) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICEfor its acronym in English). “Criminals without papers” who arrived in the city. These raids have affected both the migrant community as a whole and the American citizens of Latin American origin.
Accordingly Washington PostLatino U.S. citizens and legal residents They claim to have been held for hours, and in some cases, days, by ICE agents after he questioned his immigration status. Others have not been arrested, but indicate possible attacks because of the color of their skin.
“I am disappointed by what happened in the United States” said Diego Rosales, a US citizen who was a victim of one of these operations. “I thought the president was supposed to protect us, but he just made things worse for Hispanics.”
On October 6, the 15-year-old was waiting for his school bus when two dark vans abruptly stopped. From there they got out three men in green military uniformsCloth masks, bulletproof vests and weapons at the waist. They stared at him and ran towards him.
After a three-block race, officers threw the teenager to the sidewalk and shouted a question at him: “Where were you born?” When approachingRosales stammered that he was an American citizen. Shortly afterwards the agents disappeared.
After this mishap The young man did not return to the Bedrosian Park area in October. He refused to leave his house for fear of encountering immigration officials again.
“I raised good children who were never chased by the police,” said their mother, who wished to remain anonymous. “And the police persecuted my son because he has dark skin.”
The American media also presented the case Dayanne Figueroaa marketing executive at a marketing company who was born in the United States. As she headed to work, she heard a series of honks alerting her to an immigration operation.
When he saw that his lane was clear, he accelerated to avoid the incident. However, an agency van collided with their vehicle. Shortly thereafter, They pulled her out of the car by her shoulders and handcuffed her as she writhed on the sidewalk.
Figueroa tried to tell them that she was an American citizen. However, the supervisor told him: “No one will help you. “They’re all criminals.”
Beginning of Septemberthe Supreme Court overturned a judgment a judge of a lower court who imposed restrictions on immigration raids in the Los Angeles area in relation to the person’s ethnicity.
Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote that illegal immigration is a “serious problem” in the Big Orange. He also suggested that race, among other factors, could be considered a suspect in the detention of a migrant.
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