Families are taken into custody as push to deport immigrants denied refuge begins

Awh......poor baby, Let me get the violin out..... bla bla bla!

What about the abuse the American people suffer when tortured and killed by the out of control illegal alien gang-bangers
roaming our communities and cities across America???

Ana Lizet Mejia is a 30 year old adult and she made the decision as a parent to illegally enter the U.S. with her son.

And, as an adult she holds full responsibility for her actions and the consequences for breaking ours laws and deserves no pity from the
American people.

All of Mexico and Latin America is corrupt and littered with crime. It is the fault of the people of those nations for not holding their
governments accountable and forcing change.

The American people are not responsible for the world ills and have no obligation to allow every person with a sob-story to come to
America harming our citizens culturally, economically and financially.

Absolutely right, Lorrie!

By Zak Koeskeon January 03, 2016 at 3:37 PM, updated January 03, 2016 at 6:51 PM

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Immigration lawyers and paralegals will be on hand Tuesday night at El Centro del Inmigrante in Port Richmond to conduct an immigration and deportation workshop for community members in light of news that federal officials are launching a nationwide sweep of undocumented immigrants in the New Year.

The workshop, which begins at 7 p.m., has gained particular significance for Staten Island's immigrant community following reports over the weekend that immigration officials may have been questioning and detaining undocumented immigrants outside the Staten Island Mall on Saturday.

Favio Ramirez, El Centro's executive director, said he had received dozens of calls from community members concerned about the possible mall sweep, but that he could not independently verify the callers' claims. Nor could Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials immediately confirm that an enforcement action had been taken.

The Los Angeles Times reported that at least 11 immigrant families across the country had been picked up in ICE raids on Saturday, the first day of the deportation initiative, but it wasn't immediately clear whether any of those detained came from Staten Island.

Regardless, word of the possible local sweep has spread quickly through Staten Island's tight-knit immigrant community.

"When something like this happens, the community is really afraid...and they stress a lot," Ramirez said. "They stay at home, they are afraid to go shopping or go to the church, and that's not good for the community. That's not good for Staten Island."

Tuesday's workshop at El Centro, which is free and open to the public, will inform community members of their legal rights and instruct them what they should do if ICE or another immigration enforcement group comes to their homes, Ramirez said.

"It's about teaching them that they have rights, whether they are documented or undocumented," he said.

The federal government's apparent shift in deportation policy was first reported by the Washington Post. The campaign, which will be the first widespread effort to deport individuals and families who have fled volatile situations in Central America over the past couple years, will target only adults and children who have already been ordered removed from the United States by an immigration judge, according to the paper.

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf...portation.html

Get them out of here. They are part of the huge problem that has ruined American lives by the millions and bankrupted our country by the trillions.

1/4/16

121 people picked up in raids targeting immigrant families

I'm sorry but this is joke to make us even more of a laughingstock than we are already. It's going to be a very long year. Ugh.