Immigrants prepare action plans after Trump says he will allow ICE to act in schools, churches and hospitals

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Source: NBC News

Dec. 23, 2024, 4:56 PM EST


Immigrant families are spending the holidays having difficult conversations in anticipation of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to carry out what he has called “the largest deportation program in American history” once he's sworn in next month.

“A lot of us are honestly celebrating Christmas together thinking, ‘Oh my God, is this the last time we get to spend Christmas with our family members?’” said Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet, who leads the Hope CommUnity Center, a nonprofit organization outside of Orlando, Florida, that advocates for immigrants and other underserved communities. "This is really heart-wrenching."

To deliver on Trump's promise to deport more than 11 million undocumented immigrants, the incoming administration intends to roll back policies that restrict immigration enforcement actions in sensitive places like schools, churches and hospitals, as well as their respective surrounding areas, NBC News reported.

"There’s no way they can deport millions of people if they don’t go for the low-hanging fruit, and this is it,” Sousa-Lazaballet said.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigrant-families-action-plans-trump-ice-crackdown-schools-rcna185198

[2naSalit]

1. Those magat bastards...

Aren't happy unless they have someone to abuse.

[J_William_Ryan]

2. "This is really heart-wrenching."

That an immigrant might be undocumented doesn’t mean he’s ‘illegal.’

Immigrants have the right to due process regardless their immigration status – and the right to a fair hearing before an immigration judge.

The right’s anti-immigrant agenda is motivated by racism, bigotry, and hate – not the law.

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[mgardener]

4. I can't wait to

See pictures of ICE taking people out of churches and schools.

What will those evangelicals say about the government in their churches?

And let's traumatize kids some more, in addition to being shot at, let's see how the kids react to men with guns taking kids away