'We Are Unafraid': NYC Immigrants Defy Trump's Raid Threats
JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY — Defiant New York City immigrants pledged to protect their neighbors from deportation on Monday, days after President Donald Trump called off nationwide raids targeting people in the country illegally.
"Trump, you can tweet whatever you want, but this you know: We are here to stay. We are unafraid," Megha Lama, a community organizer with the nonprofit group Adhikaar, said at a Monday rally in Jackson Heights's Diversity Plaza.
"We won't be swept up in your political games and won't stay quiet about the injustices we are witnessing and actively fighting against every day."
Trump announced on Twitter last Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would start removing "millions of illegal aliens" from the country the following week. The massive raids targeting immigrant families who have been ordered deported were expected to start early Sunday in major U.S. cities, The Washington Post reported Friday.
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