U.S. federal
immigration agents arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in at least four states this week in what officials on Friday called routine enforcement actions.
Not exact matches
In Oakland, California, at least four were
arrested after creating a human chain to block a county building where demonstrators demanded that county law enforcement refuse to collaborate with federal
immigration agents.
House Democrats are looking for answers after
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
agents showed up at a Queens courthouse to
arrest a woman believed to be a victim of human trafficking last month.
U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE,
agents have
arrested 41 people in the New York metropolitan area in February, according to the federal department.
Among other provisions, the county measure calls for county employees to not stop, question, interrogate or
arrest individuals «solely for the purpose of enforcing
immigration law»; to not perform the functions of a federal
immigration officer; to honor detainer requests from federal
agents only in specific limited situations; and to deny federal
agents access to inmates in county custody.
The Trump administration is planning an increase in federal
immigration jails across the country for the thousands of additional undocumented immigrants its
agents are
arresting.
Federal
immigration agents have
arrested at least 31 people inside courthouses across NYC since February, official court statistics show.
Among other provisions, the measure calls for county employees to not stop, question, interrogate or
arrest individuals «solely for the purpose of enforcing
immigration law»; to not perform the functions of a federal
immigration officer; to honor detainer requests from federal
agents only in specific limited situations; and to deny federal
agents access to inmates in county custody.
Congress should enact legislation giving more teeth to existing federal guidelines aimed at ensuring that children's needs are considered when their parents are
arrested in raids by the U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
agents, a California congresswoman said today.