Massive deportation raids underway soon

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. immigration officials are planning a month-long series of raids in May and June to deport hundreds of Central American mothers and children found to have entered the country illegally, according to sources and an internal document seen by Reuters.

The operation would likely be the largest deportation sweep targeting immigrant families by the administration of President Barack Obama this year after a similar drive over two days in January that focused on Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina.

Those raids, which resulted in the detention of 121 people, mostly women and children, sparked an outcry from immigration advocates and criticism from some Democrats, including the party's presidential election frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has now told field offices nationwide to launch a 30-day "surge" of arrests focused on mothers and children who have already been told to leave the United States, the document seen by Reuters said. The operation would also cover minors who have entered the country without a guardian and since turned 18 years of age, the document said. Two sources confirmed the details of the plan.

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Federal resources were strained in 2014 under a wave of illegal migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, especially women and children fleeing violence in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

The planned new raids are in response to a renewed surge of illegal entries by Central American women traveling with their children.

From October 2015 through March 2016, the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended more than 32,000 family "units", defined as mothers and children traveling together, for crossing illegally into the United States. Over the same period in 2014-2015, there were about 14,000 such apprehensions; in 2013-2014, about 19,800.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-u-plans-wave-immigrant-deportation-raids-175843268.html?nhp=1

[JbGaga 2,261]

I wont belive it till I see it. The dem party wants the future vote from there children. But im not mad if they do it tbh

[ALGAYDO 35,129]

****, this is so sad... 

I understand that the US can't host all these mothers and their children, but they're escaping poverty and violence that's rampant in their homelands. 

I just hope this doesn't get too messy 

[Goosey 3,017]

 finally ICE is getting off their asses and dealing with the situation.

[mcoop 628]

Just terrible. 

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[En_Sabah_Nur 9,366]

8 minutes ago, Goosey said:

 finally ICE is getting off their asses and dealing with the situation.

They've actually been doing it for quite sometime now actually.  Since this administration has deported more illegal-immigrants than any other administration in history, and why some(specifically in the Latino community) call him the Deporter & Chief!  But of course you won't hear any of this from FAUX news or Rush Limbaugh...  Smh 

 

[JevyDuty 2,961]

No compassion whatsoever

[Goosey 3,017]

14 minutes ago, mcoop said:

Just terrible. 

The law is the law, maybe "hundreds of Central American mothers and children"  shouldn't have "entered the country illegally". What did they expect? They full well knew they were breaking the law and risked being deported if caught.

[AJH219 4,448]

It is unfortunate this has to be done, but what other solutions are there? 

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[LadOfAbyss 597]

This saddens me

[SychosSoChic 9,995]

16 minutes ago, AJH219 said:

It is unfortunate this has to be done, but what other solutions are there? 

This tbh

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52 minutes ago, Goosey said:

The law is the law, maybe "hundreds of Central American mothers and children"  shouldn't have "entered the country illegally". What did they expect? They full well knew they were breaking the law and risked being deported if caught.

First of all, why the quotes and italics  

Second of all, not that I agree with this rhetoric at all, but it's one thing to just have a "the law must be followed" attitude and another to actively celebrate the potential ruining of people's lives and splitting up of families for any reason what so ever. What a disconcerting display of indifference.

[Eighteen 5,430]

this is sad. though i thought i read at one time that the illegal immigrants were vetted and only some are being sent back (like criminals or something)?