6 Facts That Erase Any Doubt U.S. Officials Know They Are Deporting People To Their Deaths
6 Facts That Erase Any Doubt U.S. Officials Know They Are Deporting People To Their Deaths
by Esther Yu-Hsi Lee Feb 6, 2016 8:30 am
The Obama administration has no plans of stopping its ongoing immigration operations targeting Central American moms and children for deportation proceedings.
Since the start of the new year, federal immigration agents have detained and arrested 121 women and children from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, at least 77 of whom have already been deported back to those countries. Harshly condemned by activists and lawyers, the raids have put the immigrant community as a whole on edge.
Many undocumented immigrants have already gone into hiding, afraid of frequenting businesses, attending schools, and going to important events. The raids have sent “shockwaves of violence, of fear and destruction” across immigrant communities, Joanne Lin, the immigration policy advocacy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), told ThinkProgress late last month.
Central American immigrants have reason to be afraid of deportation — since January 2014, at least 83 people were killed after they were deported back to the three Central American countries, which are experiencing an unceasing wave of gang violence and crushing poverty. El Salvador is currently on track to overtake Honduras as the murder capital of the world.
More:
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/02/06/3746646/us-refugees-central-america/
(These people can't come here, but any Cuban can arrive on US soil, and get legal status on the spot, NO deportation, instant access to US social security, food stamps, medical treatment, US taxpayer-funded Section 8 housing, financial aid for education, etc., etc., etc. If they are discovered standing side-by-side, the Cuban immigrant can stay, and receive benefits. The other undocumented immigrant will be deported. It's called the "Cuban Immigration Act."
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