The American press reported that the Customs Migration and Control Service (ICE, for its acronym in English) has implemented provisions for arrest migrants that appear before courts.
Men, women and minors They are arrested when they leave the court.
“Now what did he say to my son? Now that he arrives from school, my son will not see his father, who He will no longer be at home with us”, Said a woman in Phoenix, Arizona, to the television network Telemundowhose partner was arrested.
Also reported that ICE agents They did not identify or carry arrest orders.
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The migrants arrested thought they were doing the right thing to meet the requirements to present themselves in court to Advance in its regularization of residence In the United States. However, they are now exposed to deportation.
For its part, Univision He announced the statements of the family of Migrante Álvaro de la Riva, who presented himself to a mandatory hearing in California. Sara, her niece, said that after calling a telephone number They were informed that he was deported.
Lawyer Melissa Corral explained to Univision That in Las Vegas, Nevada, the migrants left the court and They were arrested in an elevator.
The press of USA speculates that operations are aimed at people who have been in that country for less than two years.
“Although they do not have any criminal record, Do not have a history with migration, that doesn’t matter. The simple fact of having less than two years in the US territory qualifies you to deport you Immediately, ”said Oenegé’s director lack, Abel Núñez, A Univision.
Corral recommends migrants Continue attending audiences, but always in the company of a lawyer.
In social networks a video of a Colombian woman escorted by ICE agents, who He came before a judge to submit his asylum application, which was denied.
On May 22, the Spanish newspaper The country reported a demonstration against a Court in the United Stateswhere people assured that ICE agents They are not stopping only criminals.
Similar cases have been recorded in California, New York, Texas and Florida.
On January 21, the National Security Department sent a memorandum in which authorized the immigration police to stop within the courts and in its surroundings.
“From the beginning, the Trump administration has said that they are going for the most dangerous criminals. However, the actions of ICE in Seattle, Santa Ana and now Phoenix show something else. The agents than the agents They appear to stop people after their audiences It is not only something unprecedented, but it is absolutely representable, ”said Arizona’s state senator, Catherine Miranda, cited by The country.
The National Security Department said on May 23 that the people who are arrested at the exit of your appointments In migration cuts they are being processed for expedited deportation.
American media also report that ICE agents remain with the faces covered and civilians dresseswaiting for the judge to dismiss the case.
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