| As Trump Threatens Deportations, Immigrant Communities Brace for New Arrests |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=51004"><span class="small">Miriam Jordan and Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Wednesday, 19 June 2019 08:30 |
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Excerpt: "The sight of an unmarked vehicle with tinted windows idling a few days ago near her business in a Latino enclave of New Orleans unsettled Claudia, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras. Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement had been parking in the community lately, her neighbors said, and everyone was wondering what they were up to."
As Trump Threatens Deportations, Immigrant Communities Brace for New Arrests19 June 19
“If it was the ‘Migra,’ like everyone figured, I wondered if me and my daughters could be targeted,” said Claudia, a mother of two who has lived in the United States for the past five years. The answer came on Tuesday, she said, when she awoke to news that President Trump had vowed on Twitter to begin the mass deportation of families like hers. Since crossing the border in 2014 and seeking asylum, Claudia had made enough money working as a housekeeper to open a small eatery, where she serves traditional Honduran Garifuna dishes infused with coconut milk, cassava and plantains. But along the way she missed a court date, she said, which means that a judge has issued a deportation order for her entire family.  |
he sight of an unmarked vehicle with tinted windows idling a few days ago near her business in a Latino enclave of New Orleans unsettled Claudia, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras. Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement had been parking in the community lately, her neighbors said, and everyone was wondering what they were up to.