Yes, #ICERaids do bring up “all sorts of emotions” like terror and chaos, because that’s exactly what ICE does. ICE officials have said they only expect to arrest 10-20 percent of their targets and instead make “collateral” arrests of those who happen to be there.
ICE only rarely arrests criminals: “...The latest data from the Immigration Courts through June 2019 shows only 2.8 percent of recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filings based deportability claims on any alleged criminal activity.” trac.syr.edu/immigration/re…
And also, the acting deputy director should probably check out the @MerriamWebster definition for raid. The public, including immigrants, their neighbors, journalists, attorneys, and other human rights defenders, are using the term accurately. If you don’t like it, don’t do it.
Research shows that there is no correlation between undocumented immigrants and crime, and that ICE raids have had no apparent effect on crime rates. Immigrants tend to commit crimes at lower rates than US-born folks. Here’s a cool report on some of that: google.com/amp/s/www.nyti…
So while “indiscriminate” isn’t part of what raids by definition are, it is how people feel ICE raids are done. And for good reason. To make matters worse, ICE now has the power to place anyone(!) in the country in expedited removal proceedings unless you can “show your papers.”
Here’s @hrw on that new rule: hrw.org/news/2019/07/2…
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