salon:">The Obama administration began rounding up Central American refugee families for deportation this weekend. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained at least 11 families on Saturday. Overall, 121 adults and children were apprehended.
A woman told The Los Angeles Times that ICE agents showed up at her home in an unmarked car, entered her house, walked through every room, and woke up her children. “They were shaking from fear,” she recalled.
Customs agents were looking for the woman’s niece, a refugee who sought asylum in the U.S. with her son after fleeing Honduras, where gangs killed her brother. The court ordered the refugee woman to wear an ankle monitor, so it can track her.
Migrants’ rights groups condem detentions and deportations, saying they endanger the lives of refugees
Rights groups “appalled, outraged” as Obama administration begins mass deportations of Central American refugees
The Obama administration began rounding up Central American refugee families for deportation this weekend. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained at least 11 families on Saturday. Overall, 121 adults and children were apprehended.
A woman told The Los Angeles Times that ICE agents showed up at her home in an unmarked car, entered her house, walked through every room, and woke up her children. “They were shaking from fear,” she recalled.
Customs agents were looking for the woman’s niece, a refugee who sought asylum in the U.S. with her son after fleeing Honduras, where gangs killed her brother. The court ordered the refugee woman to wear an ankle monitor, so it can track her.
Migrants’ rights groups condem detentions and deportations, saying they endanger the lives of refugees