Advocates report immigration arrests continue across US after midterms despite Trump's doubts
Homeland Security Secretary Mullin says deportations will continue, and Trump names Stephen Miller chief of staff after saying his crackdown may have been too tough.
Immigration arrests have gone on across the country since Democrats won control of the next in the elections. Advocates reported detentions in states from California to Michigan to Massachusetts. Early on Saturday in Los Angeles, masked officers in body armor blocked the emergency room driveway at Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center.
Bill Essayli, the top prosecutor in Los Angeles, said the officers were there with a detainee brought for medical treatment, and two people were arrested for assaulting federal agents. The Department of declined to explain the presence and said does not target hospitals. The hospital said it takes no part in immigration enforcement.
Elsewhere, an Argentine couple was arrested at the Phoenix airport, Venezuelan twin brothers were detained in Alabama, and an 8-year-old Haitian boy was taken into custody in San Diego. Trump told CBS's 60 Minutes his crackdown may have been too tough and that he would love to do something on immigration. Hours later he named Stephen Miller his chief of staff.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin wrote that will continue.
- Some 30residents and passersby who gathered at the Los Angeles hospitalThe Seattle Times
- two peoplearrested for assaulting federal agents in Los Angeles, per EssayliThe Seattle Times
- at least one call a dayreceived by Miami advocate María Bilbao about South Florida detainees since the electionThe Seattle Times
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Hospital standoff and airport arrests after the midterms
The Independent (US) runs a wire report under a headline saying the Trump administration "steps up brutal deportation blitz" after the midterms, citing a hospital ER standoff and airport arrests. It opens on the masked officers blocking the Los Angeles emergency room, with resident Erick Gasca saying he thought "they were going to raid the hospital." DHS says "ICE does not target hospitals, schools, or churches," and the hospital's president says it takes no part in enforcement.
The report then follows the Argentine couple at the Phoenix airport through family friend Jonathan Batchelor, the Alabama twins, whose aunt says "Our family is devastated," and the Haitian boy in San Diego. Activist Guerline Jozef calls it "state-inflicted trauma." Trump's "too tough" remark, the Miller appointment and Mullin's "Deportations will continue" sit in the middle.
DHS says the twins overstayed.
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Business as usual for deportations despite Trump's misgivings
The Seattle Times runs a wire report under the headline "Immigration arrests go on unabated despite Trump's misgivings after the 's midterm wipeout." It opens by calling it "business as usual" for the deportation effort. It then sets out Trump's "too tough" remark, his line "I'd love to do something on immigration," the naming of Stephen Miller as chief of staff, and Mullin's "Deportations will continue."
Miami advocate María Bilbao says "Everything remains exactly the same." Subheads separate the Los Angeles hospital, the Phoenix airport arrest, the Alabama twins and the San Diego boy. Essayli's account and DHS's statements appear alongside the hospital's denial of involvement and the family and school voices.
DHS says pending applications do not confer legal status, and ICE has defended its actions on the boy.
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- ABC News: Immigration arrests go on unabated despite Trump's misgivings after the GOP's midterm wipeout
- Mother Jones: Delia Ramirez Wants Democrats to Meet the Moment
- The Boston Globe: Immigration arrests go on unabated despite Trump’s misgivings after GOP’s midterm wipeout
- The Independent: Trump admin steps up brutal deportation blitz with hospital ER standoff and airport arrests after midterms
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- Border Report: Immigration arrests go on unabated despite Trump's misgivings after the GOP's midterm wipeout
- The Seattle Times: Immigration arrests go on unabated despite Trump’s misgivings after the GOP’s midterm wipeout
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