Immigration agents arrest community activist lauded by the city after he invited ICE to a town hall

[Elderberry]

Houston Chronicle by  Lomi Kriel Sep. 6, 2019

Immigration agents arrest Houston father and community activist lauded by the city after he invited ICE to a town hall

Roland Gramajo organized a community town hall in Sharpstown last month to allay residents’ fears after a tense few weeks this summer when President Donald Trump’s promises of widespread raids alarmed immigrants and their families across the nation.

The 40-year-old father of five American children has long been a devoted community activist, advocating particularly on behalf of his Guatemalan countrymen. In 2018, Mayor Sylvester Turner declared Gramajo’s birthday of May 17 as the advocate’s official day in the city for being a “true leader with an exceptional drive to improve the quality of life” in Houston.

Gramajo invited representatives with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to attend the Aug. 18 community event, which also featured U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, a Houston Democrat.

The agency declined.

At the event, Garcia and others noticed three white men who acted suspiciously, taking videos and photographs of the mostly Hispanic crowd.

Three weeks later, on Sept. 5, Gramajo was driving to work when immigration agents stopped him and took him into custody. The agency said in a statement that Gramajo had been deported to Guatemala in 2004 and had returned, which is a felony. It reinstated his old deportation order.

More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Immigration-agents-arrest-Houston-father-and-14420588.php

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    Immigration agents arrest Houston father and community activist lauded by the city after he invited ICE to a town hall

    Lomi Kriel Sep. 6, 2019 Updated: Sep. 6, 2019 7:57 p.m.

    1of6 Tears run down Roland Gramajo Jr.'s cheek while his sister, Katherine Gramajo, 18, is talking about their father, Roland Gramajo, who is being detained at a detention facility in Conroe, during a press conference on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, in Houston. The 40-year-old was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement while going to work Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer

    Roland Gramajo organized a community town hall in Sharpstown last month to allay residents’ fears after a tense few weeks this summer when President Donald Trump’s promises of widespread raids alarmed immigrants and their families across the nation.

    The 40-year-old father of five American children has long been a devoted community activist, advocating particularly on behalf of his Guatemalan countrymen. In 2018, Mayor Sylvester Turner declared Gramajo’s birthday of May 17 as the advocate’s official day in the city for being a “true leader with an exceptional drive to improve the quality of life” in Houston.


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[Wingnut]

Try this link if you want to read the Ho Crons bleeding heart take on this injustice and Orange Man Bad.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Immigration-agents-arrest-Houston-father-and-14420588.php

[Fishrrman]

Paging the boohoo girl:

[rangerrebew]

He invited ICE to his town hall. Now he's under arrest.

Erin Burnett Out Front

The recent arrest of an undocumented Houston immigration activist has many concerned that the Trump administration is targeting outspoken critics. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/09/17/houston-immigration-activist-detained-ice-lavandera-pkg-ebof-vpx.cnn
 

[skeeter]

Friggen hilarious.