Results 1 to 2 of 2

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

  1. #1
    Administrator Jean's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    California
    Posts
    65,443

    False Stories About ICE Sweeps & Checkpoints Spark Fear In New York’s Immigrant Commu

    False Stories About ICE Sweeps & Checkpoints Spark Fear In New York’s Immigrant Communities

    February 23, 2017

    NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — President Donald Trump’s tough talk on immigration is reverberating in New York’s melting pot.

    As CBS2’s Brian Conybeare reports, false stories about widespread immigration sweeps are going viral across social media and creating a climate of fear.

    It looked like a ghost town inside the Mexican restaurant run by Cesar Rodriguez along Port Richmond Avenue on Staten Island.

    “It has been very slow,” he said.

    Rodriguez said his business is down more than 50 percent since bogus reports of widespread Immigration and Customs Enforcement checkpoints at places like subway stations started popping up on social media. One warned people they could even be stopped on the 6 train.

    “Because everybody’s afraid to come, everybody’s afraid to walk on Port Richmond, where there’s been fake news about raids,” he said.

    ICE has been targeting criminal, illegal aliens in New York City and around the country, but a spokesperson told CBS2, “reports of ICE checkpoints and sweeps are false, dangerous and irresponsible.”

    “There’s people that are afraid to leave their homes. There’s people that stopped going to work,” said immigration advocate Fahd Ahmed, of Queens.

    Ahmed is trying to stop the misinformation.

    “A lot of people are putting up reports about suspected ICE raids online and they just proliferate and spread like wildfire,” he said.

    With so much confusion and fear on the streets, scam artists posing as ICE officers are targeting immigrants in Woodside, Queens, demanding cash and threatening deportation.

    “First and foremost, no ICE officer, no police officer, no officer, would ever seek money in exchange for not being detained,” said City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer.

    The councilman said four suspects dressed like ICE agents conned $250 from a terrified immigrant.

    “We don’t want any immigrants in our community to be so fearful that they have to give their money, as this man did,” Van Bramer said.

    “They have to be more informed about what’s going on around them,” Rodriguez said, hoping his customers will come out of hiding.

    http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/02/...s-ice-reports/
    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  2. #2
    Senior Member grandmasmad's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    Henderson, NV.. formally of So Calif
    Posts
    3,686
    STOP calling them "Immigrants"!!!!
    If you are an Immigrant....you have nothing to fear

    If you are an ILLEGAL>>>....then yes....LEAVE ON YOUR OWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    The difference between an immigrant and an illegal alien is the equivalent of the difference between a burglar and a houseguest. Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)

Similar Threads

  1. Immigration arrests in L.A. spark fear, outrage
    By JohnDoe2 in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 02-10-2017, 12:50 PM
  2. Immigrants May Be Fed False Stories to Bolster Asylum Pleas
    By stevetheroofer in forum General Discussion
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 07-14-2011, 01:43 AM
  3. Immigration arrests spark fear among S.C. poultry workers
    By FedUpinFarmersBranch in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 09-05-2008, 06:13 PM
  4. Some fear checkpoints may target illegal immigrants
    By cvangel in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 31
    Last Post: 08-08-2008, 11:36 AM
  5. Raid Rumors Spark Fear Among Immigrants
    By ThomasMoore in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 04-28-2006, 10:53 PM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •