Sunday, January 21, 2018

ICE Is Enforcing Deportation Orders Against High-Profile Illegal Immigrant Activists

Via Billy

Ravi Ragbir, the director of the New Sanctuary Coalition, speaks at a rally, to show solidarity with the countless individuals affected by deportation, March 9, 2017 in New York.  KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images

Immigration authorities have detained in recent weeks two prominent activists who are themselves illegal immigrants, demonstrating the Trump administration’s commitment to expand the pool of deportable aliens.

The arrested men have openly lived in the U.S. for years and have until recently enjoyed a de facto immunity from deportation, thanks to their status as high-profile immigrants’ rights activists.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have denied the arrests are politically motivated, but they clearly show that immigration agents are now emboldened to arrest even the most connected of illegal immigrants.

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