{"id":5084443,"date":"2019-06-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/trump-holding-immigrant-communities-hostage\/"},"modified":"2019-06-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T04:00:00","slug":"trump-holding-immigrant-communities-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2019\/06\/24\/trump-holding-immigrant-communities-hostage\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Trump, holding immigrant communities hostage&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Trump still holds a deportation sword of Damocles over millions of law-abiding, hard-working families\u2014fostering deep fear &amp; harm. He must end these heartless hurtful threats\u2014punitive &amp; imprudent&#8221;, wrote U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blumenthal was quick to respond to President Donald Trump&#8217;s reversal, delaying massive<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ice-deportation-crackdown-expected-to-launch-across-us-cities-2019-06-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a>roundups\u00a0of\u00a0undocumented families\u00a0that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were expected to start carrying out Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter alignleft wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At the request of Democrats, I have delayed the Illegal Immigration Removal Process (Deportation) for two weeks to see if the Democrats and Republicans can get together and work out a solution to the Asylum and Loophole problems at the Southern Border. If not, Deportations start!<\/p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1142506687020130306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 22, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt the request of Democrats, I have delayed the Illegal Immigration Removal Process (Deportation) for two weeks,\u201d President Donald Trump\u00a0wrote in a tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter alignright wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Threat of raids is holding immigrant communities hostage. They are terrified to leave their homes, attend church, go to the doctor or spend time w\/family. Using fear &amp; intimidation to advance inhumane, xenophobic policies has reached a new tyrannical, un-American low.<\/p>&mdash; Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBlumenthal\/status\/1142565383897042945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 22, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blumenthal condemned Trump&#8217;s turnabout, originally announcing the arrest and deportation of families ahead of his reelection campaign last week.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Threats of raids is holding immigrant communities hostage,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Using fear and intimidation to advance inhumane, xenophobic policies&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Immigrant advocates in target cities across the country remain wary despite Trump delaying the planned raids. \u201cWe don\u2019t trust him in any way,\u201d Marjorie Murillo, a community liaison specialist for Miami-Dade Public Schools told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/immigrant-advocates-remain-vigilant-after-trump-delays-raids-n1020686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC Latino<\/a>. Organizations have been preparing undocumented immigrants for the highly publicized, unprecedented operation expected to target more than 2,000 families.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The people that Ice will apprehend have already been ordered to be deported. This means that they have run from the law and run from the courts. These are people that are supposed to go back to their home country. They broke the law by coming into the country, &amp; now by staying.<\/p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1142409512240013313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 22, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump&#8217;s Sunday afternoon announcement of the postponement was a sharp contrast to his defensive stance in the morning. &#8220;The people that Ice will apprehend have already been ordered to be deported,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;This means that they have run from the law and run from the courts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Connecticut immigrant advocacy groups started to mobilize shortly after the scheduled sweeping wave of deportations reported by The Washington Post on Friday. \u201cWe want to make sure they have the information they need,\u201d Constanza Segovia of Hartford Deportation Defense told <a href=\"https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2019\/06\/21\/ct-immigrant-advocates-brace-for-wave-of-ice-raids-but-say-they-are-prepared\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The CT Mirror<\/a>. \u201cUndocumented people also have rights\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> \u201cWe will fight with everything we have to protect and defend our immigrant communities.\u201d<\/p><cite> Kica Matos, immigration rights advocate   <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will fight with everything we have to protect and defend our immigrant communities\u201d, said Kica Matos, a longtime immigration rights advocate from New Haven to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctpost.com\/local\/article\/CT-immigration-advocates-brace-for-possible-ICE-14029244.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CT Post<\/a>. Matos said a statewide rally on the steps of City Hall in New Haven is planned for Wednesday at 6 p.m. to show support for immigrants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Pew Research Center estimates 120,000 undocumented immigrants live in Connecticut, cities in the state are not among the reported targets. Some of the major cities to be raided by ICE in the so-called &#8220;family op\u201d include Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City and San Francisco. <\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/06\/22\/735083190\/trump-delays-immigration-raids-giving-democrats-two-weeks-to-reform-asylum-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR,<\/a> Democrats are unlikely to accept Trump&#8217;s pitch that asylum rules should be tightened.  Both parties are working to pass a border aid package to help deal with the influx of migrants arriving at the border, and the raids could have endangered the deal had they not been put on pause. <\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sources: NPR, CT Mirror, CT Post, NBC Latino<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut immigrant advocates remain wary despite the President delaying the planned 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