After ice meeting, all immigrants at risk of deportation

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/l...tation-n722101

Members of Congress expressed alarm that all undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are at risk of deportation. They said this was made clear to them in a meeting Thursday with a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official.

There are approximately 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Michelle Lujan Grisham said that she and other lawmakers left a meeting with ICE Acting Director Tom Homan with a sense that with changes ordered by President Donald Trump through his executive orders, "all immigrant communities are at risk."

Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., said in a statement that, "in effect, every undocumented person in America is now vulnerable to arrest and removal as a result of the president's orders."

Jennifer Elzea, an ICE spokeswoman, said in a statement that Homan emphasized in the meeting that ICE "does not conduct arrests indiscriminately" or use checkpoints. Instead, officers target preidentified individuals for arrest at specific locations based on law enforcement leads."

But he also said that when officers encounter individuals in the U.S. in violation of federal immigration laws, they make arrests. "Every arrest is made on a case by case basis," Elzea said.

Rep. Linda Sanchez, a vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, said that "they said we can and should expect many more arrests and removals this year."

Image: Nancy Pelosi, Tony Cardenas, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Ruben Kihuen
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., and Rep. Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev., at news conference following meeting with ICE. J. Scott Applewhite / AP
The meeting drew anger from several Latino lawmakers who were not allowed to be at the meeting.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., seen as a longtime champion for immigrants, tweeted that he was ejected from the meeting by the staff of House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Gutierrez tweeted about his ejection, saying "Never before in my 20-plus years has this happened."

Except dreamers

Thompson said the lawmakers were told DACA recipients are not at risk, but with certain conditions.

President Donald Trump said in a news conference Thursday that his administration is "gonna deal with DACA with heart."

He said DACA is a very difficult subject for him, saying that some DACA recipients are gang members and drug dealers, "but some (are) absolutely incredible kids" He said he needs to convice politicians "that what I'm saying is right."

According to DHS, DACA has been revoked from some 1,500 people since 2012 because of a criminal conviction or gang affiliation. That's out of nearly 730,000 people who have been granted DACA over the same period.

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That's always been the case even with obama

Illegal Immigrants are subject to deportation? Who would have guessed.

God bless Trump

#TrumpForDreamers

#dealWithDacaWithHeart

Deport my mom!

My parents don't like living here anyhow. They are only here because the like being close to us.

Honestly life here is rough for immigrants without degrees and legal status.

Life back home is more relaxed.

Definitely not the case for my parents and the vast majority of parents from undocumented families that I know.

Same here my mom has used her time here to learn english, and study restaurant management. She is very stressed out about deportation. She knows hunger, and poverty first-hand.

Criminal aliens they said...
bad hombres they said...