Detroit councilwoman urges immigrants to know their rights amid ICE raids

According to Councilwoman Gabriela Santiago-Romero, the decree has the potential to ruin communities and even families. Anyone entering the country illegally is a target, according to the Trump administration, which reported making 3,500 arrests nationwide as of Tuesday. The administration claims that this encompasses more than just violent offenders.

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    Detroit officials are urging immigrants in Michigan to know their rights as ICE raids continue.
    
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    The Trump administration has ordered officials to arrest at least 75 undocumented people every day.
    
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    The administration said they had made 3,500 arrests across the country.
    

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  Detroit officials are urging immigrants in Michigan to know their rights as ICE raids continue.
  
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  The Trump administration has ordered officials to arrest at least 75 undocumented people every day.
  
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  The administration said they had made 3,500 arrests across the country.
  

DETROIT (FOX 2):With the new Trump administration ordering each Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office to arrest at least 75 undocumented individuals daily, a Detroit city councilwoman is urging immigrants in Michigan to be aware of their rights.

What they’re saying:

According to Councilwoman Gabriela Santiago-Romero, the decree has the potential to ruin communities and even families.

“I got a report yesterday of someone being deported after playing soccer here in Southwest Detroit he was detained in front of his wife and kids,” she continued.

Anyone entering the country illegally is a target, according to the Trump administration, which reported making 3,500 arrests nationwide as of Tuesday. The administration claims that this encompasses more than just violent offenders.

The councilwoman says it’s critical that people understand their rights because the government thinks all illegal immigrants are criminals who have broken the law.

Adonis Flores, Training Director of Michigan United, stated, “I am a former undocumented immigrant who has lived in Michigan since I was eight years old. I understand what it is like to be a child who is afraid that your parents may be detained.”

In response to Trump’s directives, organizations are training with numerous other Michigan rights organizations and lawyers.

What you are able to do:

According to ACLU attorney Ramis Wadood, people’s constitutional rights remain unaffected by anything. The right to silence is part of that.

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  Attorneys say not to answer any questions if you are stopped on the street or in your car. The first thing you should do is ask for an attorney.
  
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  Next, do not open the door if ICE comes knocking. Ask for a warrant through the window that is signed by a judge, not ICE, before letting them in.
  

Officials cannot enter your house without a judge’s warrant:

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

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  Finally, says to have a plan for your children in case you’re detained.
  

Next steps:

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib described the new quotas as hazardous while crying.

That youngster ends up in our foster care, do you know? Cut off from their relatives? “I have witnessed it,” she exclaimed. “Nobody wants criminals in here go ahead and do that job but do not vilify a whole community.”

The Source: Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, Councilwoman Gabriela Santiago-Romero, ACLU Attorney Ramis Wadood, and Ruby Robinson of the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center provided information to FOX 2.