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Araceli Martinez American Community Media A Jesús aún le dan ganas de llorar cuando recuerda que escapó a una redada de migración en el lavado de autos donde laboraba en el área de San Pedro, California. “Fue una cosa terrible, una experiencia muy triste que nunca me había pasado...
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LOS ANGELES — Tears still well up in Jesús’ eyes as he recalls how he escaped a raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the carwash where he has worked in San Pedro, California. “It was terrible, very sad and something I’ve never experienced before,” said Jesús, 57,...
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Alpha Public Schools gestiona cuatro colegios concertados en el este de San José, donde el ochenta por ciento del alumnado es latino. Cuando comenzaron las redadas del ICE a principios de año, el miedo llevó a muchas familias a mantener a sus alumnos en casa. Desde entonces, la escuela...
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Alpha Public Schools operates four charter schools in East San Jose where eighty percent of the student body is Latino. When ICE raids began earlier this year, fear drove many families to keep their students at home. Since then, the school has made efforts to address the fears and...
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Peter Schurmann American Community Media El jefe de policía de Albuquerque, Nuevo México, estaba sentado en su casa disfrutando de un partido de fútbol un sábado por la tarde cuando se sorprendió al ver un anuncio de ICE que reclutaba específicamente agentes de su departamento. “Sale un anuncio sobre...
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Peter Schurmann American Community Media Albuquerque Chief of Police Harold Medina was sitting at home enjoying Saturday afternoon football on TV when he was startled to see an ICE recruitment ad specifically urging officers in his department to jump ship and sign up with ICE. “A commercial comes out...
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When Monica walked through the door of her home after three months in the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, in Adelanto, California, her six-year-old daughter’s first words cut deep: ‘Why did you abandon us?’. For Monica (we are not using her real name to protect her privacy), detention was harrowing,...
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Cuando Mónica entró por la puerta de su casa después de tres meses en el Centro de Procesamiento de ICE de Adelanto (California), las primeras palabras de su hija de seis años calaron hondo: “¿Por qué nos has abandonado? Para Mónica (no utilizamos su nombre real para proteger su...
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Araceli Martinez American Community Media LOS ANGELES — For years, Génesis Méndez worked two jobs while studying biology at Biola University, a Christian school near Orange County. Once she’d reached her goal of buying a new car, she quickly put the new ride to use. These days, Méndez does...