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NYC immigrant communities shaken after series of federal raids led to around 40 arrests

BY EDGAR SANDOVAL REUVEN BLAU STEPHEN REX BROWN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Sunday, February 12, 2017, 2:39 PM

Fear spread through New York’s immigrant communities Sunday following a series of federal raids that led to the arrest of around 40 people.

On Staten Island, where five people were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since Feb. 3, a Mexican restaurant, La Catracha, was unusually empty.

"Usually the place is filled with families. But today is empty. No one is leaving their homes. They are afraid," said Diana Matute, 40, who owns the restaurant in Port Richmond.

“If this keeps up I may have to close. I have to pay rent and pay my employees. These raids can't keep on happening. It's going to ruin everyone.”

Nearly 20% of all illegal immigrants live near NYC and LA

ICE said that nearly 95% of the foreign nationals arrested in the past week were criminal aliens, fugitives or illegal re-entrants.

The owners at La Catracha in Staten Island fear they may have to close if the raids continue.

(TODD MAISEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
The agency called the raids “routine, daily, targeted operations.”

But Sarah Gillman, the supervising attorney with the Legal Aid Society’s Immigration Law Unit, said the wave of enforcement had terrorized neighborhoods.

“(The raids) are generally done in early morning hours or late at night and communities are really taken by surprise and thrown into a state of disarray, panic and fear,” she said. “It's just really unfortunate.”

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Immigrants were hesitant to take their kids to school or go to hospitals for care, she said.

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ICE planned to release more information about the raids Monday.

“ICE regularly conducts targeted enforcement operations during which additional resources and personnel are dedicated to apprehending deportable foreign nationals. All enforcement activities are conducted with the same level of professionalism and respect that ICE officers exhibit every day,” a spokesman said.

But in the meantime, rumors were running wild.

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On Saturday a false rumor spread on Facebook and Twitter that 10 ICE officers were at Roosevelt Ave. and Junction Blvd. in Queens, detaining undocumented immigrants.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain a suspect during an enforcement operation on Feb. 7 in Los Angeles, Calif.

(CHARLES REED/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
“Reports of ICE checkpoints and sweeps are false, dangerous and irresponsible. These reports create mass panic and put communities and law enforcement personnel in unnecessary danger. Any groups falsely reporting such activities are doing a disservice to those they claim to support,” the ICE spokesman said.

The NYPD had nothing to do with the raids, a spokesman said.

The agency’s efforts were not new. President Barack Obama was referred to derisively by immigration advocates as “the deporter in chief.” He deported 2.5 million people as President — more than any other administration in history.

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Last month President Trump signed an executive order expanding the definition of criminals who should be targeted for deportation by immigration officials.

La Catracha, a Mexican restaurant in Staten Island, was nearly empty the day after the raids.

(TODD MAISEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
“What's different about this time is the enforcement priorities are very different,” Gillman said. “We don't know who they're focusing on.”

At a deli on Port Richmond Ave a 38-year-old Guatemalan undocumented immigrant worried while drinking a cup of coffee.

"Trump said he was going to deport those who commit crimes. But it looks like he's going after family people like me," he said. "I have kids here. All I can do is pray and place my fate in God. It's all up to him now. We haven't made plans in case I get picked up. I don't want to think about it.”

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Favio Ramirez-Caminatti, the executive director of the El Centro Del Inmigrante on Staten Island, said there had been a surge in people seeking free legal assistance. Prior to Trump taking office, the center worked with 80 to 85 people a day. Now, as many as 150 people are seeking help at the center.

“They are really afraid about what can happen,” Ramirez-Caminatti, 32, said.

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Best news I have heard all day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KEEP GOING TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“If this keeps up I may have to close. I have to pay rent and pay my employees. These raids can't keep on happening. It's going to ruin everyone.”

What a joke - 40 people collected amongst millions but at least the restaurant owner is getting the picture " - vamoose, bugger off back to your own country now.

Good...maybe ICE needs to have a Van stationed at our hospitals. I do not want to pay medical care for illegals aliens.

Go to hospital in YOUR country.

Yes, post ICE vans at Walmart, hospitals, utility offices, cell phone companies, commuter train and bus stations and of course all protests.

Don't just make plans for that 'just in case' scenario if you are picked up.....

You need to pack up your family and leave voluntarily now which will make it much
easier for you and your family.

Face the facts, you are here illegally and subject to removal at any time and that is the law.

Originally Posted by Judy

Yes, post ICE vans at Walmart, hospitals, utility offices, cell phone companies, commuter train and bus stations and of course all protests.

And how about prenatal clinics where illegals get free prenatal care? These folks need to be deported before they give birth on American soil and start collecting all the freebies that come along with birthright citizenship .

Cry, cry....

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Fact Sheet

41 arrested in New York-area ICE operation targeting criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants, and immigration fugitives


• A total of 41 foreign nationals were arrested this week in the five boroughs of New York City and the surrounding areas during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens.
• The vast majority -- 38 of those arrested -- had criminal convictions.
• Arrests included:
• A citizen of El Salvador with a criminal conviction for assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering and self-admitted MS-13 gang member.
• A citizen of Jamaica with a criminal conviction for first degree sexual assault of a victim under the age of 11.
• A citizen of Mexico with a criminal convicted for first degree sexual assault of a victim under the age of 11.
• The stats cover the entirety of the agency’s fugitive operations arrests in New York City and surrounding areas from Monday through Friday.
• This week’s enforcement operations were conducted in accordance with routine, daily targeted operations conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fugitive operations teams every day to arrest criminal aliens and other individuals who are in violation of our nation’s immigration laws.
• ICE deportation officers conduct targeted enforcement operations every day in locations around the country as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to protect the nation, uphold public safety and protect the integrity of our immigration laws and border controls.
• These are existing, established fugitive operations teams. ICE does not conduct sweeps, checkpoints or raids that target aliens indiscriminately.
• This operation targeted public safety threats, such as convicted criminal aliens and gang members, and individuals who have violated our nation’s immigration laws, including those who re-entered the country after being deported and immigration fugitives ordered deported by federal immigration judges.
• Some of the individuals arrested during this operation will face criminal prosecution by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for illegal re-entry after deportation.
• Those not being criminally prosecuted will be processed for removal from the United States. Those who have outstanding orders of deportation, or who returned to the United States illegally after being deported, are subject to removal from the country.
• Reports of ICE checkpoints and sweeps are false, dangerous and irresponsible. These reports create panic and put communities and law enforcement personnel in unnecessary danger. Any groups falsely reporting such activities are doing a disservice to those they claim to support.
• During targeted enforcement operations ICE officers frequently encounter additional suspects who may be in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws. Those persons will be evaluated on a case by case basis and, when appropriate, arrested by ICE.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security. ICE is a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities for a number of key homeland security priorities.
For more information, visit: www.ICE.gov. To report suspicious activity, call 1-866-347-2423.

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