In addition to the great diversity of sites or places where the agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE, for its acronym in English) usually carry out their operations to identify immigrants or persons of interest, a new order issued by the government has provided a new space for the agency to continue conducting raids in United States: the courts.
Through the disclosure of a new guideline in the operation of ICE, the Telemundo media mentioned that ICE agents will have the authority to carry out investigative and detention actions inside and outside the courts.
This, logically, has given rise to a widespread wave of concern among all those people who have open processes regarding their stay in the United States.
How will ICE raids in the courts work?
According to the same media, this new measure would aim to capture the following groups of immigrants:
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Gang members.
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Those who represent threats to public and national security.
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Those who have ignored deportation orders.
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Convicted criminals.
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Those who have legally reentered the country after being previously deported.
However, the above does not rule out that those with a "clean" record may also be detained and investigated. In fact, within the same guideline, it was revealed that all those family or friends who accompany the ICE's person of interest to court may also be arrested with the aim of deporting them.
This is not the first time that ICE is authorized to carry out operations in sensitive or "protected" places by the very functions of the place. And it is after the rise of Republican Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States, the agency was allowed to operate in places such as schools, religious centers, hospitals, and now courts.
What to do with the new ICE measures in the courts?
After the disclosure of this new operating guideline by ICE, specialists and experts in these types of issues recommend that people who are carrying out any type of immigration process attend their scheduled appointments.
Otherwise, according to consultants, this could lead ICE to have suspicions about the legality of the person. This action, in the same way, would cause the court to issue a final deportation order due to an absence.
*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence