US EditionLatinos in Memphis worry about possible immigration crackdown by Trump’s crime task force
Latino communities hold cultural events amid fears of immigration raids as over 40% of recent arrests in federal operations were immigration-related, officials said.
- Community groups in Memphis are informing Latinos about their rights regarding immigration questions since Trump took office in January.
- Concerns exist that increased immigration enforcement could lead to detentions, chaos, and deprivation of due process rights, particularly for people of color.
- A Latina expressed fear of targeting against her and her children, despite their citizenship, amid heightened scrutiny.
- Critics argue that the federal deployment is unnecessary and distracts from addressing poverty and crime in the city.
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Latinos in Memphis worry about possible immigration crackdown by Trump's crime task force
President Donald Trump has created a task force to fight crime in Memphis. His order includes the deployment of the National Guard and various federal agencies that will descend upon the Tennessee city to, among other goals, enforce federal immigration law.
A bell rang as Christian Tonatiuh González Jiménez waved a large Mexican flag on the balcony of the Capitol of California. “Viva México!, Viva Mexico!” shouted several times the Consul General of Mexico in Sacramento, recreating the cry that sparked the struggle for Mexico’s independence in 1810. Unlike previous years, the ceremony commemorating Mexico’s Independence Day in the capital of the Golden State – as California is known – was brief, an…
Latinos are celebrating their culture and heritage despite fears of immigration crackdown
Several celebrations honored Mexican Independence Day and Hispanic Heritage Month as planned or in scaled-down versions across the United States, even as fears of immigration raids loom large.
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