The New York Times recently reported that Donald Trump’s administration has intensified immigration operations at United States airports.
The media explains that, among the tactics that immigration agents use at airports, is dressing in civilian clothes to avoid being detected and arresting people with expired visas, either at the counters or at the boarding gates.
It also points out that, in recent weeks, immigration agents have been in about 15 airports in the United States and have arrested people from more than twelve countries, although the number of arrests was not specified.
What is known is that this new tactic is the product of a collaboration between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
“This Administration is working diligently to ensure that undocumented aliens can no longer fly, unless it is for voluntary deportation,” The New York Times quotes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
This action not only represents a new effort to strengthen President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, but also occurs at a time when immigration authorities must make at least two thousand arrests daily.
Among the recent arrests at airports is that of Ecuadorian Chantal Morales Rojas, 27, detained on July 20 when she was trying to travel from Denver to Oakland, California.
When she scanned her boarding pass, an alarm was activated, so she had to wait and, shortly after, she was intercepted by two plainclothes officers.
ICE arrests at airports have not discriminated against nationalities, as shown by the case that occurred at San Francisco International Airport, where a Ukrainian citizen was arrested on Wednesday of last week.
Iryna Gorb, who has lived in California for more than ten years, was arrested after returning from a trip to Portland, said state Senator Scott Wiener, who has helped provide her with legal assistance.
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