The undocumented immigrantseven without criminal record, they fear being trapped by Immigration and Customs Control Agents (ICE) that carry out operations nationwide, so various industries and even schools already report absences.
“We are seeing absenteeism, not only of workers, but of students in schoolsparents are afraid to send their children to school, ”confirmed Mónica Villalobos, president and CEO of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Villalobos participated in a press conference with businessmen and business leaders of several states, such as Florida, Texas and Illinois, to talk about the impact of the mass deportation plan of President Donald Trump and how they have negatively impacted migrant populations.
“From Chicago, you know that our members report that pedestrian traffic and operations have decreased up to 50% during the last weekonly for fear, ”said Rebecca Shi, executive director of the US Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC), who operates in Illinois.
Shi confirmed that in Chicago some companies have faced “difficulties to open”, due to the absence of people.
In that city, the Tsar of La Frontera, Tom Homan, has led raids together with even ICE and ATF officers, some companies
“Americans have difficulty obtaining some of the products they usually enjoy. So it is definitely having an impact, ”added Shi.
Shi acknowledged that the migratory system is broken, but pointed out that most immigrants have been essential workers.
“We know that the reality is that, you know, A significant amount of the population has been essential workers who are workingrespecting the law and can have a path to legal status in several bipartisan solutions, ”he said.
The negative impacts for deportations in different industries begin to feel, mainly in agriculture, milk production, among other sectors in California, Florida, Texas.
The National Agricultural Workers Survey indicates that 73% of agricultural workers are born abroadbut there is a high percentage, about 40%, it has no papers.
The dairy sector also depends on undocumented workerswhere about 50% of them have no papers.
End of deportation priorities
The Trump administration ended with the deportation priorities of President Joe Biden who focused on people with criminal recordgiving ICE officers the ease of deciding to avoid the persecution of a person only for being undocumented.
The Trump Executive Order called “Initial termination of harmful orders and executive actions” revokes the 13993 Executive Order of Biden (entitled “Review of the policies and priorities of compliance with the Civil Immigration Law”).
“By eliminating that prioritization, anyone who is present without legal authorization in the United States, regardless of their community ties, family ties or how long it has lived here, will be An objective for ICE“, Warned the New York Immigration Coalition Organization (NYIC).
The organization also noted that Trump’s immigration policies include expanding accelerated deportation, which was applied mainly for immigrants who were maximum 100 miles from the border.
Homan told Fox News that the arrests of undocumented immigrants will increase.
“I think the president is happy, but we are going to make it much happier,” said Homan. “These raids will continue throughout the country. We are not going to give up. ”
On average, ICE is stopping almost 500 immigrants daily, but on Sunday he reported the arrest of 956, which is considered a record for a single day of operations.
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