During the morning of Wednesday, March 12, a child undocumented He was arrested at his school for the immigration and customs control service (ICEfor its acronym in English) as part of a migratory operation, which increased fear among the families of migrants in an irregular situation.
According to the American television network Univisionthe capture of the child occurred just when the failure of an appeal court in Texas which forces the immigration service to process the first requests of the deferred action for children in childhood (Dacafor its acronym in English).
Daca is an immigration policy that grants “a renewable period of two years of Deferred Action of Deportation“To all people who, the June 15, 2012they were physically present in the United States without a legal immigration status after having entered the country irregularly before they turn five.
The beneficiaries of this immigration policy are known as DREAMERS (dreamers, in English) and all minors eligible for DACA have the opportunity to receive a Employment authorization document that allows them to work in the United States when graduating from high school (“High School” in the US).
The child “was not the white” of ICE
According to the American immigration analyst Jorge Cancinothe immigration and customs control service has arrested more than 33 thousand migrants during the first 50 days of the President’s administration Donald Trump. Therefore, migratory detention centers are already found “to maximum of its capacity ”.
“Currently, there is approximate 660 arrests of immigrants every day, and that amount is still low if we compare it with the promise that Donald Trump made in January of capturing a thousand undocumented people daily. What this represents is that ICE’s operational capacity is still reduced, ”added Cancino during an interview.
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On the other hand, in relation to the case of the child captured in his school for ICE, the analyst indicated that the migratory agents assured that the minor “It wasn’t white,” but that they had worked with the employees of the school; So this situation has generated fear among families without legal immigration status.
“People must know their immigration report. Adults must talk to their lawyers to discover if there is still an opportunity to eliminate Deportation orders For them and their children. But, in this specific case, the child’s father had background And the agents went directly against him, ”added the analyst.
“The father did not want to leave his son alone and that is why the migratory agents looked for him at school to be together. However, the child also had a Deportation Order issued by ICE, so both, after having entered irregularly from Central Americathey were sent to the detention centers, ”he added.
Although dozens of people on social networks consider that the father did what correct Not leaving his son alone, the American analyst Jorge Cancino believes that the man “could have done something more for his firstborn”If the immigration file of both had reviewed in time, especially that of the minor.