In the city of Liberty, Texas, As in dozens of other cities in the United States, its inhabitants have begun to notice an almost permanent presence of the agents of the immigration and customs control service (ICEfor its acronym in English), the agency responsible for enforcing the laws of immigration.
Since Monday, January 20, when the Republican president Donald Trump He returned to power in the White House, migratory officers have arrested hundreds of members from various Hispanic communities who are in US territory. The authorities have made numerous raids In the morning, afternoon and night.
Given this situation, many immigrants have chosen to be locked in their homes, so, with the passing of the months, some people decided to sell their land to move to another state or to transfer the Scriptures to their relatives Americanswith the aim of not losing the houses in case of being Deported.
“Sometimes we believe that the dangerbut ICE agents are hidden all day and all night. We feel they are hunting Just to have a face of Hispanics, “said Alejandrina Morales, an irregular immigrant who was interviewed by the American television network Univisión, in Texas.
Illegal immigrants communities
The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, He mentioned that the state of the lonely star has become a “magnet to illegal immigrants “, So many areas have become plagued areas of crime for more than a decade, and ICE arrests have become necessary to restore peace in various Texan cities.
However, immigrant arrests in cities with large Hispanic communities have caused a economic unbalance In its inhabitants, according to the American television network Telemundo: “People are not going to work for fear And now they have no money to pay their debts, “added the American media.
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“There are those who do not go out to make the purchase. The joy of the future is over, that dream no longer exists. It no longer sleeps, you do not live in peace, birthdays are not celebrated. People went out. Everything is coming down, there is no longer business And the children, now of vacationThey can’t even go out to play on the street, “added an anonymous immigrant.
According to the organization they grow, whose objective is to strengthen community development in the United States, Hispanic communities have become quite a lot Vulnerable ICE operations, mainly because they are now an area besieged For migratory agents, who constantly visit almost all businesses in the sector.
“With the support of the Border patrol of the United States, ICE agents have parked in the entrances and exits of migrant communities to make traffic stops that end in arrestsespecially to vehicles that seem related to construction“said the organization’s spokeswoman.
Likewise, the agency that watches over American community development indicated that, since the beginning of June, in the North American nation it has begun to question ICE operations, in which agents arrive Maskedbecause they allegedly do not identify or present judicial orders of detention