Houston Chronicle by John Haltiwanger 7/12/2019
Officers from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency will be descending on 10 major US cities on Sunday to try to round up roughly 2,000 families targeted for deportation.
The ICE raids come just weeks after President Donald Trump postponed a botched plan to carry out the raids after they encountered resistance from within ICE itself, according to The New York Times. The president on Friday confirmed the raids would occur.
This time, immigrants across the country are preparing for the worst, and lawyers and experts have urged them to know their rights if ICE comes knocking.
Advocacy groups like the American Civil Liberties Union have prepared extensive webpages describing how to handle encounters with ICE agents, whether it's at home or in public.
The organization advises anyone stopped by ICE agents to be aware that they have the right to remain silent, the right to refuse consent to a search, the right to consult with a lawyer (though government-appointed lawyers are not provided to civil immigration detainees), and the right to refuse to answer questions about citizenship or immigration history.
But experts also said that immigration authorities are strategic, and often find ways to work around commonly used defenses.
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