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| Activist Alejandra Pablos. Photo: Pablos' Facebook |
By John Burnett, NPR
March 16, 2018
Activists across the country say they are being targeted by
federal immigration authorities for speaking out at protests and accusing the
government of heavy-handed tactics.
The Trump administration has warned that anyone in the
country illegally could be arrested and deported under tough new enforcement
rules. And federal officials deny allegations of retaliation.[...]
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Immigrant rights activist ‘targeted’ and detained by ICE
during routine check-in in Arizona
ICE says that they do not target individuals for making
speaking out against the agency
By Clark Mindock, The Independent
March 8, 2018
An undocumented immigrant rights organiser has been detained
by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in what activists say is the latest
example of the Trump administration targeting vocal members of the immigrant
rights movement.
Alejandra Pablos, 32, was detained early Thursday morning
during a routine check-in with ICE officials, just months after she was
arrested by immigration officials at what has been described as a peaceful
immigration protest outside of an ICE field office in Virginia.[...]
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This Mother Was Arrested in Front of Her Screaming
Daughters. But She Hasn't Been Charged With a Crime.
Advocates say smuggling accusations are increasingly being
used as a pretext for immigration arrests because the Trump administration has
made it a priority to deport accused smugglers. But the accusations rarely get
heard in a criminal court.
By Adolfo Flores, BuzzFeed News
March 18, 2018
A day after the video of her being detained by Border Patrol
had more than 9 million views, Perla Morales-Luna sat in an ICE detention
center accused of being part of a criminal smuggling organization.[...]
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