President Donald Trump told four Congresswomen – Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ilhan Omar to “Go Back” to their “Broken” Countries [BuzzFeedNews]
By Caribbean News Now contributor
NEW YORK, USA – On Sunday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continued a series of raids in ten major cities including Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, and San Francisco targeting about 2,000 people with final deportation orders.
The raids on New Orleans and Houston will reportedly be postponed because of Tropical Storm Barry. “I can’t help but feel like we are waiting for the other shoe to drop,” Adonia Simpson, director of family defense for the non-profit Americans for Immigrant Justice told the Miami Herald. “Given the anxiety I have been feeling, I can only imagine the fear our immigrant communities feel this morning.”
Meantime, President Donald Trump was on twitter telling four Congresswomen – Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ilhan Omar to “Go Back” to their “Broken” Countries.
“Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came,” Trump tweeted, apparently oblivious of the fact that they are all American citizens.
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has refused too co-operate with ICE. Immigrant families are stockpiling food and sheltering in place. Advocates and Civil Liberties Union are coaching immigrants on their rights, including instructions on how to respond if agents knock on the door with special emphasis on…
