Who was arrested by ice under Trump?

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Bernd Debusmann Jr

BBC News in the White House

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On the path of the campaign, Donald Trump was crystal clear: “On the first day, I will launch the biggest program to deport criminals in America’s history.”

This promise, public opinion studies suggest, proved to be widely popular with the American people, including legitimate immigrants who believe that too many people enter the country in the wrong way. “

Since taking office, the president has expanded the scope of his mission, directed not only by criminals but also migrant workers, some student activists and even tourists with visa problems.

For almost five months, these moves met a little resistance. But now parts of Los Angeles have erupted in protests after immigration officials have strengthened their raids in jobs.

So, who are the migrants who have fallen into these raids? And who else is directed by the administration?

Here is a look at some of the people who have already been detained.

Criminals and arrests of “security”

Since taking office, the President has announced a decrease in the number of border crossings and recorded arrests under his administration.

About 51,000 undocumented migrants have been in retaining immigration and customs law enforcement (ICE) since the beginning of June – the highest record since September 2019.

While the exact and current figures for the total number of immigration detention on January 20 are not publicly available, White House employees have said ICE hopes to scathing up to 3000 arrests per day, from 660 or so, in the first 100 days of Trump Presidency.

Initially, US officials insisted that operations were “directed” to criminals and potential threats to public safety.

But a significant number of undocumented migrants detained by the Trump administration have otherwise clean records, according to one tracking data.

Clearinghouse transaction records – a project from the University of Syracuse, which compiles immigration data – estimates that out of 51 302 people in the ice facilities for detention as of June 1, about 44% have no criminal record except that they are in the United States without permission.

Los Angeles’ unrest were triggered by a series of immigration arrests that have pulled out a total of 118 people, said that the Department of Interior Security (DHS) includes five members of the gang.

Ice characterizes those arrested in LA as “the worst of the worst”. The agency identifies a handful of people with criminal history, including drug trafficking, attack, cruelty to children, domestic violence, robbery and smuggling of aliens.

However, how many criminal stories are not clear.

The parents of a 23-year-old-unmanaged migrant, a member of Mexico’s local community, told The Washington Post that their son, whom they said there was no criminal history, had been detained outside a clothing store. The BBC cannot independently confirm the details of this case.

The Border Tom Tom Homan justified these arrests as “security”, arguing that agents could not legitimately justify an encounter with undocumented immigrants and not to hold them.

Visitors and residents

There are several cases of arrested and held in detention centers, including British, European and Canadian citizens.

In April, for example, 28-year-old Welsh tourist was held for 19 days at the ice processing center in Washington State after he was denied entering Canada because of what she was called later “visa mixing”.

In another more recent incident in June, the 25 -year -old Italian citizen Habi Lom -the most popular Tiktok star in the world with 162 million followers -was detained at Las Vegas Airport for “Immigration Disorders”.

Ice claims that G -n Lame has exceeded the conditions of his visa after entering the country on April 30. Later, the authorities stated that he had been given a “voluntary departure” and left the country.

In addition, in March, Canadian actress Jasmine Muney was detained nearly two weeks after being detained at the border crossing in San Isidro, where she was trying to renew her visa to enter the United States.

Later, she defined the conditions of her detention as inhuman and described that she was stored in a specific cell without a blanket and limited access to the bathroom. She was later released without being charged with a crime.

Her case caught the attention of British Prime Minister David Eby, who said the incident further inflamed Canadian concerns about traveling to the United States.

“The nature of our relationship is so fulfilled at the moment that this case makes us all to wonder, what about our relatives who work in the United States?” He said in a statement to the CBC.

Others, like the 34-year-old German national Fabian Schmidt, were held at airports.

Schmidt, who has lived in the United States since 2007, has been detained in the United States by Luxembourg.

In an interview with WGBH, News in New Hampshire, Schmidt said he had been asked for a drug crime charges, which was later rejected and shorter Dui, which led to fines and probation.

DHS largely avoids commenting on specific cases, but repeatedly insisted that it was working legally.

“Alien enemies”

Some of the most convenient images of the Immigration Repair of the Trump Administration have come from thousands of kilometers, in the Central American nation El Salvador.

More than 250 people have been transferred there, which the government claims to be members of the Tren de Aragua band to the mega-prisonS

However, the family members of some of these men, however, have challenged any gang relationshipsWith some who claim to have been swept away by innocent tattoos.

Entitled “alien enemies”, they were eliminated in accordance with a 1798 law, which gives authorities that cover the power to order the detention and deportation of locals or citizens of a “enemy” nation.

“It’s really desperate,” Adalis Ferro, CEO of Venezuelan-American Caucous, an advocacy group, told the BBC. “All these decisions are inhuman, cruel and also illegal.”

The highest-ranking case is that of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29-year-old from El Salvador and Maryland resident who was deported from the United States in March.

Different judges – including those in the US Supreme Court – have ruled that G -n ABREGO GARCIA has been deported by mistake and that the government should “facilitate” its return to the US and its family.

On June 6, he was returned to the United States to face federal criminal charges after being charged with an indictment claiming that he had transported illegally undocumented migrants while still in the United States.

Student protesters

Foreign citizens involved in political protests also found themselves in the crossing of the administration, although some of them have a permanent residence or valid student visas in the United States.

Anthony Enricks, who leads intercession in Robert F Kennedy, human rights, non -profit organization, told the BBC that there are “more and more” green card holders detained after Trump returned to his post.

“Immigration authorities feel authorized to make arrests that are not legally allowed to do,” he said.

Although the reasons for the decisions vary, over 1600 international students have canceled their visas, according to ClickAn organization that focuses on international education.

Many arrests follow the White House repression of what has classified as anti -Semitism in US campuses, including Mahmoud Khalil’s arrestA prominent figure during the Gaza war protests at Columbia University last year.

The 30-year-old green card holder struggles to stop his deportation in court.

Student at Tufts Rumeysa Ozturk University also spent six weeks in custody before being released.

Later, the university stated that he was told that the Ozturk, a candidate for a doctoral degree, participated in the propalist protests – canceled her student visa. She continues to fight her deportation to court.

Although these cases have been the subject of fierce criticism, ICE justified some of the arrests, saying that the students were involved in activities “brought in line” with Hamas.

“The visa is a privilege, not a right,” said US internal security spokesman Trisha McLaughlin in a post of X.

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