International Business Times:
January 6, 2016
By Michael Kaplan
The
Congressional Hispanic Caucus has lambasted the round-up of 121
undocumented immigrants this past weekend. A statement Tuesday by the
chair of the congressional organization,
which focuses on issues affecting Latino communities, adds to the
numerous civil rights and immigrant groups that have expressed concern
over the raids, which targeted adults and children who have been
apprehended at the U.S. southern border since May 2014.
“Raiding
people’s homes to forcibly break families apart is not what our country
stands for. Our federal government should not be separating parents
from their children,”
Rep. Linda T. Sanchez (D-CA), the chairwoman of the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus, said in a statement. “As the mother of a young son,
it’s easy for me to imagine how traumatizing having ICE agents storm
someone’s home and tearing families apart can be for
a young child.”
The
individuals targeted in the raids were ordered to be deported after
running out of legal options, including asylum claims, according to a
statement released by the
Department of Homeland Security. Most of the targeted individuals were
in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina.
Those
detained were expected to be held at family residential centers for
processing before being repatriated to their home countries. The raids
were condemned the National
Council of La Raza, a Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization,
and other rights organizations, including the American Civil Liberties
Union. Some Democrats and immigrant-rights group condemned the Obama
administration for the raids.
Frank
Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, an immigration advocacy
group, said the raids were "something we would expect from a President
Trump," referring to
the GOP front-runner who has vowed to crack down harshly on illegal
immigration, according to Politico.
"When
this happened during the Bush presidency, then-candidate [Barack] Obama
denounced it. The fact that it is happening now under a President Obama
is outrageous,” Sharry
said.
DHS secretary Jeh Johnson said authorities have stepped up actions to reduce illegal.
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