Awawdeh added that regardless of status, all immigrants are being targeted in these ramp-up enforcement operations, especially as previous pathways to legal status have been removed by the Trump administration.
As enforcement agents have been ordered to drastically increase daily arrests, community leaders say they are tracking some operations. Still, there is no clear way of knowing exactly when or where mass raids could take place.
“We see decreases in people getting services from nonprofits. We see decreases in people attending school. People are afraid to go to church. Most recently I’ve heard a lot of decreases in people going to the hospital to get medical care. It really has had a huge negative impact,” she said.
Aviles said that businesses are also being impacted as workers are afraid to show up. White House border czar Tom Homan doubled down on immigration raids continuing to be carried out at worksites like farms and hotels.This announcement came after agents were recently told to hold off on conducting raids at these places. Homan said that criminals will be prioritized.
"Trump has been very clear about his interest in terrorizing and harming people who do not want to follow his agenda. And so that means New York City is one of those cities,” Aviles said.
Hey shitty news publications, here are some headlines that are more accurate (if you cover this at all):
- President only helps states if he’s in the mood. It doesn’t matter if you’re Democrat or Republican (won’t help any state with disaster recovery because he thinks it’s his money).
- The president and Republicans aren’t working for all of the people. They’re targeting Democratic led cities to terrorize them.
- Republicans are letting the president have policies that kidnaps US citizens because of the color of their skin.
- Why aren’t Republicans reining in president Trump? It’s a job where he can be fired from and doesn’t take many to stop his policies.