RSSIllegal Immigration Crackdown Strikes Fear In Certain Families
Carolyn Hileman* | February 19, 2007
SAN DIEGO — Fear has gripped immigrant families across the country as federal agents raid neighborhoods, work sites and jails in a nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration, 10News reported.
Tens of thousands of people have been rounded up over the past several months, and many more are afraid to leave home, answer a knock on the door or leave their children alone in fear they might be next. Churches and community groups are stepping in with legal advice and financial aid for families split up or left without an income because of the sweeps.
“My kids are asking me, ‘Why is this happening, mommy? Why did they take uncle away?’,” said Dinora Sanchez, whose uncle was taken by immigration officials in January while riding his bike to a construction job in this low-income city northeast of San Francisco. “I’m afraid. There are no explanations I can give them.”
From California to Connecticut, federal officials have launched a full-scale offensive to find and deport illegal immigrants. It’s part of a two-pronged approach, said Virginia Kice, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: secure the nation’s borders while stepping up enforcement within.
“We’re attacking these issues on multiple fronts,” she said. “It’s definitely a priority now.”
Documented immigrants like Sanchez, a native of Mexico, have nothing to fear, said Kice. But her uncle, who had been in the U.S. illegally for 10 years and did not have work authorization, was an obvious target.
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< --- “My kids are asking me, ‘Why is this happening, mommy? Why did they take uncle away?’,” said Dinora Sanchez, whose uncle was taken by immigration officials in January while riding his bike to a construction job in this low-income city northeast of San Francisco. “I’m afraid. There are no explanations I can give them.” --->
Dinora Sanchez is the problem with the community where illegal aliens live. They just don’t understand why on Earth someone would be arrested and taken away if they were in the country illegally. I have no doubt that she seriously could not give an “explanation” because the point of the word “illegal” is beyond their comprehension and grasp.