—> ICE / General Immigration News (not LA) / Salvadoran Prison

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[ChileG]

I guess they ran out of rapists-just start arresting folks at work that are Brown

Another example of what I put in the Jack-booted thuggery department, whether it is technically “legal” or not. What is the point of all this? Not good for our country.

 

[ChileG]

Terrible for America.

 

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ICE Agents Raid Delta Downs for Undocumented Workers

The move came as a surprise to some as President Donald Trump had said that immigrants who worked in hospitality and agriculture had nothing to fear when it came to his administration's plans to crack down on illegal immigrants.

www.bloodhorse.com

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents executed a raid June 17 at Delta Downs in Vinton, La. The track is in the midst of a Quarter Horse meet.

The move surprised some as President Donald Trump had said that immigrants who worked in hospitality and agriculture had nothing to fear when it came to his administration's plans to crack down on illegal immigrants. However, the Department of Homeland Security told staff June 16 that it was changing previous guidance to not conduct raids at farms, hotels, and restaurants.

Eric Hamelback, CEO of the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, said that more than 100 people were detained with zip ties outside the track kitchen.

Louisiana Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association executive director Ed Fenasci said that he has been hearing news second-hand, which included that ICE shut down nearby highways and used drones in search of undocumented workers.

 

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Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry

Friends and family of Moises Sotelo ‘disappointed and disgusted’ after respected fixture detained outside church

www.theguardian.com

Sotelo’s detention comes as Ice raids on farm workers are heating up in Oregon’s wine country and across the US. The Trump administration briefly directed US immigration agents to shift their focus away from farms, only to abruptly reverse course this week. Meanwhile, reports of masked, unidentified agents conducting workplace raids have become commonplace. America’s agricultural industry, where at least 42% of workers are estimated by the US Department of Labor to be undocumented, is exemplifying the practical limits of Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation agenda.

Victoria Reader, who works for Sotelo as a vineyard manager, would know. She was in the car on 6 June, a week before Sotelo’s arrest, when another employee was also taken. Reader says that agents were masked and refused to identify themselves.

“They didn’t identify themselves. They just came out. They didn’t even say anything. They just started trying to open the doors,” Reader said. “I kept asking, who are you? What are you doing? And they wouldn’t answer.”

Reader said that agents would not tell her what immigration laws her employee violated, threatened her with assault of an officer for asking questions and told her she was not allowed to follow their cars or know where her employee was being taken.

“I’m doing the best I can to keep my crew safe and protected, but there’s only so much I can do,” Reader said. “But long term, this isn’t sustainable for human life, it’s not sustainable for business, it’s not sustainable for this industry, it’s not sustainable for agriculture and this country.”

Bubba King, the Yamhill county commissioner, said that he had seen fear spread through his community in response to the raids.

“When a large part of the workforce is afraid to come to work or of being detained, everything is affected,” King said.

In a statement sent to local outlet KGW, Ice alleged that Sotelo “first entered the United States illegally in 2006” and has a “criminal conviction for DUI in Newberg, Oregon”. Sotelo’s family says that he came to the United States in the early 1990s. The Yamhill county district attorney’s office told local outlets that they had found no evidence of DUI charges.

 

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“The Ice official told me they are under no obligation to tell the family or the attorneys of the detainees that they have been apprehended, or that they’ve been moved to another state, to another facility, or that they’ve been deported,” Van Nice said. “I told him I thought that sounded wrong, and he said, ‘Well, that’s the way it is.’”
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In response to a Guardian inquiry about whether Ice had no obligation to inform families and attorneys of a detainees status, a spokesperson for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) replied, “that is correct”. Ice did not respond to other questions about the case, including whether officers had a warrant or any documentation of a criminal record for Sotelo.

 

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Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry

Friends and family of Moises Sotelo ‘disappointed and disgusted’ after respected fixture detained outside church

www.theguardian.com

Sotelo’s detention comes as Ice raids on farm workers are heating up in Oregon’s wine country and across the US. The Trump administration briefly directed US immigration agents to shift their focus away from farms, only to abruptly reverse course this week. Meanwhile, reports of masked, unidentified agents conducting workplace raids have become commonplace. America’s agricultural industry, where at least 42% of workers are estimated by the US Department of Labor to be undocumented, is exemplifying the practical limits of Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation agenda.

Victoria Reader, who works for Sotelo as a vineyard manager, would know. She was in the car on 6 June, a week before Sotelo’s arrest, when another employee was also taken. Reader says that agents were masked and refused to identify themselves.

“They didn’t identify themselves. They just came out. They didn’t even say anything. They just started trying to open the doors,” Reader said. “I kept asking, who are you? What are you doing? And they wouldn’t answer.”

Reader said that agents would not tell her what immigration laws her employee violated, threatened her with assault of an officer for asking questions and told her she was not allowed to follow their cars or know where her employee was being taken.

“I’m doing the best I can to keep my crew safe and protected, but there’s only so much I can do,” Reader said. “But long term, this isn’t sustainable for human life, it’s not sustainable for business, it’s not sustainable for this industry, it’s not sustainable for agriculture and this country.”

Bubba King, the Yamhill county commissioner, said that he had seen fear spread through his community in response to the raids.

“When a large part of the workforce is afraid to come to work or of being detained, everything is affected,” King said.

In a statement sent to local outlet KGW, Ice alleged that Sotelo “first entered the United States illegally in 2006” and has a “criminal conviction for DUI in Newberg, Oregon”. Sotelo’s family says that he came to the United States in the early 1990s. The Yamhill county district attorney’s office told local outlets that they had found no evidence of DUI charges.

Yamhill County voted 51-45 for Trump. It last voted for a Democrat for POTUS in 1964. It’s consistently GOP; but, not rabidly.

 

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[DiehardHeelFan]

As Trump shuts out migrants, Spain opens its doors and fuels economic growth

Defying the anti-immigrant trend in the U.S., Spain is reaping economic benefits by granting citizenship to tens of thousands of newly-arrived workers.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/20/spain-immigrants-economy-progressive-policies/ (Don’t have a gift link).

 

[whatntarnation]

We've been insulted boys
And we must not hesitate
They're different and they're dangerous
Deserving of our hate
So follow me and I'll whip all your fears into fire
I've got all the answers I'm the whore that you desire

Those neighbors who talk funny
Well I'll make them move away
And the ones who disagree
We'll put them in their place
Those malcontents, muckrakers
Protesters in the street
Won't make you feel uncomfortable
I'll lay 'em at your feet

I'll make us strong again
You'll sleep safely in your bed
I'll reign down hell upon those dirty mongrels' heads
Your pantries will be full
And your faith will be inspired
And the blood of all your children
Is all that I require

I'll seduce your anger
And I'll massage your pride
You'll feel so good at first when I take you for a ride
But I told you who I am and when it's too late to resist
Remember you're the one who chose this scorpion to kiss

I'll always need new enemies
So you'll always need me
New fears and distractions to tantalize and tease
Your pantries will be empty for the glory I desire
You see the blood of all your children
Is all that I require

Your skin-and-bones grandchildren
They won't ask me the tale
I'll be buried beneath the rubble
After my last scheme has failed
No you're the ones they'll blame
For their orphaned world that bleeds
For all those days you slept instead of learning from history


all that I require - Radney Foster

 

[Healing]

New insight into Texas family detention reveals adults fighting kids for clean water

A new court filing in an ongoing legal dispute with the federal government reveals the psychological and physical trauma endured by children and families held at Texas family detention centers.

apnews.com

“Adults fighting kids for clean water, despondent toddlers and a child with swollen feet denied a medical exam — these first-hand accounts from immigrant families at detention centers included in a motion filed by advocates Friday night are offering a glimpse of conditions at Texas facilities.

One mother was told she would have to use tap water for formula for her 9-month-old, who had diarrhea for three days after, and a 16-year-old girl described people scrambling over each other for water.

One family with a young boy with cancer said he missed his doctor’s appointment after the family was arrested following their attendance to an immigration court hearing. He is now experiencing relapse symptoms, according to the motion. Another family said their 9-month old lost over 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms) while in detention for a month.

Children spoke openly about their trauma during visits with legal monitors, including a 12-year-old boy with a blood condition. He reported his feet became too inflamed to walk, and even though he saw a doctor, he was denied further testing. Now, he stays mostly off his feet. “It hurts when I walk,” he said in a court declaration.”

These facilities are run by for profit incarceration companies.

 

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[King Hippo]

I'm not going to be shocked when people start trying to defend themselves from people trying to kidnap them, and not going to be mad about it, either.

 

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[Healing]

I'm not going to be shocked when people start trying to defend themselves from people trying to kidnap them, and not going to be mad about it, either.

This is the route to the Reichstag, but it’s also a tremendous ask to continually expect people to comply with masked, casually dressed, violent thugs in unmarked vehicles.