ICE's deportation actions signal that anyone who isn't a US citizen is 'at risk – period,' immigration attorney says.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26925868

Summary

Wisconsin resident Bradley Bartell voted for Trump’s promise to crack down on “criminal illegal immigrants,” but now his Peruvian wife Camila Muñoz has been detained by ICE.

Muñoz, from Peru, overstayed her visa but had applied for legal residency. On their way home from a honeymoon, immigration agents detained her at a Puerto Rico airport.

Despite no criminal record, she remains in a Louisiana detention center. Her case reflects ICE’s broadened enforcement that now includes documented immigrants.

Bartell, once supportive of stricter immigration policies, now questions the impact on families like his own.

  • hopesdead@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    Did you read the article? It says they had an immigration application currently under review. That isn’t the same thing.

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      17 hours ago

      If you overstay, you are required to leave the country to apply. Just because they filed some paperwork doesn’t change that.