Immigration police raids began in New York

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As a result of raids by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service in Staten Island, New York, 5 Mexican citizens were detained.

Operations to detain them began on February 2, reports Observer, referring to data of the human rights organization Make the Road New York.

Raids in New York were carried out on February 2, 3, 5 and 8. All 5 detainees are men, 4 of them have children who are US citizens.

Raid spokesman Eric Phillips also confirmed the raid information.

Most likely, the detainees are in prison for immigrants in New Jersey.

In one case, an 2 immigration officer came to an illegal immigrant's house at 5: 30 mornings and showed him some photos of the people they were looking for, but then the officers decided to detain him too.

In another case, representatives of the Immigration and Customs Service showed the family more 10 photos of people they were looking for and left after family members could not identify the people in the photo. But 20 minutes later, the officers returned and detained one of the family members.

It is not yet known whether detainees were ever charged with criminal offenses.

Information also appeared on conducting raids in Bushwick (near Brooklyn) and in Queens, but human rights activists have not yet been able to confirm it.

The New York Immigration Coalition said it received a memo from the Immigration and Customs Service that 40 people were detained during raids in New York.

Organizations to protect the rights of illegal immigrants appealed to the city authorities to clarify how they intend to act in this situation. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio promised that the city would retain the status of “asylum”, but acknowledged that the city authorities had expanded the list of offenses, after committing which the city transfers the data of violators for their further deportation.

At the same time, he said that the authorities of New York will continue to support 40% of city residents who were born in other countries (legally and illegally immigrating to the USA).

Hundreds of people were detained at least in 6 US states in February based Presidential decree Donald Trump, which expanded the list of deported immigrants and for those who have ever been accused (not necessarily prosecuted) for committing any crime. Previously, only illegal immigrants who committed serious criminal offenses were subject to deportation.

In one of the first interviews after the election Trump announced its intention to deport to 3 million illegal immigrantscommitted criminal offenses.

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