Last Thursday, May 29, in broad daylight, more than 90 workers Immigrants They were arrested by federal agents of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICEfor its acronym in English), who collaborated with the road patrol of Florida In a construction zone near the University of Tallahassee.
All the detainees were transferred with their hands to a federal installation, whose location has not yet been revealed by the authorities migratory of the United States. However, it was announced that among those captured are undocumented migrants of Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Various American media say that this ICE raid became the operation Migratory Bigger that has been made in northern Florida during the administration of President Donald Trump, who recently announced that he plans to display more agents to increase raids in the country.
Given these circumstances, the immigrant community in the United States has been shown dismay for the panorama that is glimpsed in the coming months. It is for that reason that dozens of immigration lawyers have decided to collaborate to publicize the rights of migrants undocumented They have been arrested by ICE.
The rights of immigrants arrested by ICE
So far the exact reason for the raid in the construction work is unknown College Townlocated in Tallahassee, Florida. However, according to immigration lawyers, ICE agents had “multiple orders of raid ”to be able to enter the facilities where migrants were.
“The goal of the orders of Cateoin any situation, is to investigate if there is any rapenot only in the law of immigrationbut also in laws labor. It is for that reason that, regardless of the case, those who are detained have right to his day in the court of the United States, ”according to the television media Telemundo.
“Being arrested in some migration operation does not necessarily mean that the captured will be Deported. Migrants can defend themselves in court, since everyone has the right to present a claim”, Said the migration lawyer Esther Valdesspecialized in the cover -up of undocumented immigrants.
Cover -up undocumented migrants constitutes one of the Crimes federal people traffic, so, according to federal legislation, the smuggling positions of people in an irregular situation, if acting with the intention of profitthey can carry a fine of US $ 250 thousand (Q1 million 919 thousand) and up to 20 years of prison In the United States.
According to the Department of National Security, all undocumented imms detained by the Customs Immigration and Control Service have the right to:
- Right to stay reserved: Foreigners do not have to share their immigration status with the police or with immigration agents.
- Right to avoid record: If an official asks if he can register a migrant, he has the right to say no. Agents cannot register a person without obtaining their consent.
- Right to ask for a lawyer: If the foreigner does not have valid immigration documents, he has the right to remain silent and ask to speak with a lawyer before answering any question.
- Right to engrave: All foreigners have the right to record their interaction with immigration agents as long as they do not interfere with the activities of officials.
- Right to call your family: The migrant has the right to call his family and also has the right to be visited by a lawyer who has been contacted by his relatives while he is in detention.