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The Pros And Cons Of Immigration Customs Enforcement

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According to Beckett, Programs such as Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) have the mission and authority to locate and deport unauthorized workers, immigration suspect that violated the law and people who are a threat to public safety. If ICE has the authority to arrest any suspect who is violating the law, than immigration raid should be morally correct, but what if ICE is violating the law too, is it still correct to continue immigration raids? ICE is taking advantage of their authority by extending jail stays. A recent study shows that people with ICE detainer request staid longer in jail (46.3 days more) than those without detainers. According to the constitution of the United States of America, the fourth teen amendment talks about …show more content…

According to the Escobar v. Gaines case, In October 2010, Angel Escobar and his friend Jorge Sarmiento were in bed in their small apartment when they heard loud banging on the door and a voice shouted “Police”, since no one answer, without having search warrant and without a consent, U.S immigration and ICE force themselves into their house and pointed at their heads with guns. October 2011, the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Projects and ACLU of Tennessee field a lawsuit on behalf of fifteen residents who were invaded by ICE agents and police offices. A child was detained and interrogated while playing soccer just because of the color of his skin. On July 27th, 2015 ACLU announced that ICE and Metro Nashville police agreed to pay $310,000 and ICE granted the noncitizen accusers deferred action status for seven years. Deferred Action (DACA) allows undocumented college students to pursue their educational and employment aspirations by giving them a temporary work card, driver’s license and a social security number (Williams). Immigration raids are not only causing the violation of laws but events like this can cause serious mental illnesses on

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