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Illegal alien communities are reportedly putting together “action plans” in preparation for President-elect Donald Trump’s planned illegal migration crackdown.
While it’s been known that he plans to crack down on illegal migration, a new report from NBC News reveals that Trump also intends to “rescind a long-standing policy that has prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting” illegals at “sensitive” locations.
ICE doesn’t make arrests at sensitive locations like hospitals, schools, or churches except in the case of a serious public safety threat pic.twitter.com/Yudor4ed7S
— ICE (@ICEgov) October 26, 2017
Currently, the policy mandates that immigration authorities may not conduct enforcement operations at churches, schools, hospitals, weddings, or public demonstrations without “approval from supervisors,” according to NBC News.
“Under the policy, ICE agents have been allowed to go into the sensitive locations to make arrests under certain conditions including a national security or terror issue, the arrest of a felon considered dangerous, or if there was imminent risk of death or physical harm to a person or property or concern that evidence in a criminal investigation would be destroyed,” the outlet notes.
“Even when those circumstances existed, agents had to get approval from superiors in order to plan an arrest in a sensitive location. They could also go in to make an arrest in exigent circumstances when they felt immediate action was required but needed to consult with superiors after the fact,” as noted by NBC.
The policy has reportedly been in effect since the Obama administration.
“The policy preventing agents from making arrests in sensitive locations without approval started in 2011 with a memo sent by then-ICE Director John Morton, and continued through the first Trump and Biden administrations,” NBC News notes.
The only change in policy occurred in 2021 when President Joe Biden issued guidance reportedly expanding the policy’s coverage area.
Imagine writing on ICE’s “sensitive locations” policy and not even mentioning how the Biden admin ridiculously expanded it to nearly every part of every town in America. Under current policy an ICE officer seeking to arrest and remove an illegal alien convicted of sex abuse is… https://t.co/LE7USpoFY6 pic.twitter.com/ORQnPDsywF
— Jon Feere (@JonFeere) December 12, 2024
With Trump set to finally axe the policy, illegal alien families and communities are reeling.
“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?’” Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet of the Hope CommUnity Center nonprofit in Florida told NBC. “This is really heart-wrenching.”
Sousa-Lazaballet and others are attempting to fight back the only way they know how.
“[A]dvocates and groups are conducting know-your-rights trainings and helping vulnerable families prepare plans of action in case an undocumented relative is suddenly detained or deported,” NBC notes.
Sousa-Lazaballet has for her part been helping illegal alien families piece together a “dignity plan.”
“The plan includes redacting power-of-attorney documents or a guardianship that outlines who will take care of the children left behind if an undocumented parent is picked up by immigration authorities,” according to NBC. “Sousa-Lazaballet said this ensures parents don’t lose custody of their children to the Department of Families and Children simply because they never made it home after being detained or deported.”
In Phoenix, Arizona meanwhile, Jose Patiño and the advocacy organization Aliento are reportedly doing something similar, but with “family packets.”
“Patiño said it’s important for families to sort out legal guardianship over any of their properties and financial accounts to ensure the relatives left behind can access them if the main breadwinner is detained or deported,” according to NBC.
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles is also prepping illegal alien families, according to its director of communications, Jorge-Mario Cabrera.
“Over the past month, the coalition offered 93 know-your-rights presentations at L.A. schools, businesses, and organizations that provide community services,” NBC notes. “As Inauguration Day approaches, Cabrera said he anticipates the demand for these kinds of trainings to increase.”
U.S. immigration enforcement authorities do “not have jurisdiction over our lives, the Constitution does, and we are protected regardless of our immigration status,” Cabrera claimed.
But the real opposition and pushback is coming from RAICES, a large illegal alien legal service provider that told NBC News it’s “ready to challenge any presidential actions that threaten equitable access to the legal and human right to seek safety in the U.S.”
This includes filing suit if and when Trump rescinds the safe location policy of 2011.
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