This next
article will give you a small taste of what I, as the District Director in Baltimore , MD , had to deal with on a daily basis
with the anti-INS , anti-ICE bureaucrats in Montgomery County and Baltimore City .
Ben Ferro (Editor)
Montgomery Co. Slams Immigration Raids, Refuses To Cooperate
Bruce Leshan, WUSA
The raids
continue across the country despite new criticism in Montgomery County and on the presidential campaign
trail from Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
But Montgomery County ’s response is also facing derision
from some people. Prince William County Board Chair Corey Stewart, the leader
of Donald Trump's campaign in Virginia , said he'll encourage undocumented
immigrants to leave his community and head to Maryland .
Reaction
to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids is rolling across social
media, with immigrants passing the word not to answer that knock on the door.
Federal
agents “have come to my apartment, they have knocked on my door, but I haven't
opened the door. And my neighbors have not opened the door either,” said
“Sandra,” who crossed the border illegally two years ago with her six-year-old
son.
She is
among the recent immigrants targeted by the Obama Administration. About 100,000
women and children have fled a recent surge in gang violence in Central America .
Sandra
said she fled her country after death threats. “I'm really afraid that if I get
deported, I will end up in a casket with my son.”
“You should
send your kids to school. Participate with your community. We are in fact a
welcoming community,” said Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett, who
called the raids “ill-founded and counter-productive."
On the
other side of the Potomac , Stewart says Montgomery County is making a huge mistake.
“I'm going
to do the very best that I can to encourage illegal aliens who want to commit
crimes to leave Prince William County, in fact to leave Virginia all together,
go up to Maryland, because you're welcome up there,” Stewart said.
The Obama
Administration plans to continue the raids, with Homeland Security officials
hoping they will send a message and prevent another big surge in illegal border
crossings.
People in
favor of deportation complain the scale of the raids is too small to have much
of an impact.
But the
Montgomery County Council and Executive say many of the people being deported
have received little or no legal help and no due process.
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