Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s workplace hosted a webinar on Wednesday explaining the ways Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities have been utilizing in New York to arrest unlawful immigrants in an obvious effort to assist them keep away from deportation.
The “Squad” congresswoman didn’t attend the webinar, which aired on her workplace’s Fb web page, however on Thursday shared a “Know Your Rights” information instructing migrants to not open their doorways to ICE brokers until they’ve a warrant.
“ICE raids are political tactics, and they’re often intended to create fear,” Genia Blaser, a lawyer with the Immigrant Protection Undertaking, claimed throughout the presentation streamed by the Bronx-Queens rep’s workplace.
“We see how ICE often uses rhetoric to criminalize immigrants, to normalize their tactics and justify what they’re doing,” she added, describing encounters between migrants and ICE as “often very aggressive.”
Blaser knowledgeable viewers latest ICE raids within the Empire State have taken place “early in the morning” and in “public places,” and have usually concerned unmarked ICE automobiles stopping automobiles as individuals drive to and from work.
She additionally famous that ICE arrests have taken place throughout required check-ins with federal immigration authorities and – exterior of New York Metropolis – throughout probation or parole appointments and when migrants are being transferred from police custody.
“Believe it or not, in America EVERYONE has rights,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X Thursday, sharing a information, in English and Spanish, on how unlawful immigrants can probably keep away from being deported.
“Do Not Open Your Door,” reads one of many suggestions within the “AOC”-branded “Know Your Rights in Case of ICE” information.
“ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge,” the information states.
Through the webinar, one other speaker with the Immigrant Protection Undertaking recognized as Laura, advised viewers that her group has “very, very, rarely” seen circumstances in New York the place ICE brokers have obtained judicial warrants.
“But they often use ruses or intimidation to try to trick people into doing or saying things that they can interpret as consent to enter [a private space],” she alleged.
AOC’s information goes on to inform migrants to ask ICE brokers “to leave” in the event that they don’t produce a warrant and to “remain silent” if questioned.
“Citizen or not, we all should know our rights to protect ourselves and others from illegal search & seizure,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X.
“If you’re pissed that I’m educating the people of this country of their Constitutional rights, that’s on you,” the congresswoman continued. “And yes, immigrants have rights too. This is the LAND of the free.”
ICE didn’t instantly reply to The Put up’s request for remark.
