ICE controversies

In one of our most recent articles, we discuss about multiple controversies and legal processes that ICE has had to deal with over the past few months.

To give an overview, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is one of the branches of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and has several functions that aim to reduce, counteract and prevent illegal immigration.

Therefore, some of ICE’s tasks are:

• Oversee immigration detention centers around the US. These facilities house hundreds of undocumented immigrants who are detained trying to cross the borders unlawfully or who already reside in the country and are detained through ICE raids.
• Protect the country’s borders.
• Carry out massive operations to detain undocumented immigrants who managed to cross the borders of the US without legal documentation.
• Accelerate and supervise deportation processes.

Recently, ICE has been embroiled in a controversy that seems endless, mainly because hundreds of immigrant rights advocates and activists claim that the federal entity violates human rights and harms innocent families, who only yearn to build a promising future in the US.

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Controversies lead to multiple protests around the country

One of the most scandalous news refers to a nurse who denounces that ICE medical personnel are performing uterus extractions in immigrant women who do not need this procedure.

This news broke last week and evidently sparked a wave of frustration and astonishment among activists, critics, and immigrant communities, who are calling for the abolishment of ICE and immigration policies imposed by the Trump administration.

Therefore, several protests took place on Saturday, September 19, 2020 around the country.

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Protests in New York

After this news went viral in the country, hundreds of activists took the streets of Time Square, in New York, calling for the abolishment of ICE.

They state that ICE is forcibly sterilizing women, without any explanation or medical reason to perform a procedure of this magnitude, depriving them of the possibility of having children in the future.

Initially, the protest had a peaceful connotation, but ended in confrontation between the police and citizens. This event led to local authorities arresting nearly 100 protesters.

Protests in St. Louis

On Saturday, there were also protests in St. Louis, a major city in the state of Missouri. Activists in this city also call for the abolishment of ICE and they request to remove immigration policies that allow deportations in a matter of hours, including unaccompanied minors.

ICE has yet to give an answer regarding accusations by the nurse, detained immigrants, protesters and activists.

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