""They told me they just needed to verify the fingerprints for our oldest son, but he would not be detained," he said. The family asked to use only their initials for fear of retaliation from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. J.J. and his wife, A., didn't understand why one child's fingerprints would need checking, but they opened the door. And then they watched as their 20-year-old son was, in fact, arrested and driven away in a black SUV."
"The Trump administration has repeatedly said its immigration crackdown in Minnesota targets the worst of the worst "vicious, horrible criminals," as the president put it recently. But more than 100 refugees with no criminal background have been unlawfully arrested, with many flown to a detention center in Texas, according to a class-action lawsuit filed by refugees and advocates for them."
"The focus is on those who arrived in the past few years and have not yet received a green card for legal permanent residency. "The Trump administration will not stand idly by as the U.S. immigration system is weaponized by those seeking to defraud the American people," the agency said in its announcement. President Trump has dramatically cut refugee admissions to a record low, and in the last year admitted mostly white Afrikaners from South Africa."
Early one morning ICE agents went to a refugee family's home in Minneapolis and arrested their 20-year-old son after asking to verify fingerprints. The family are lawful refugees from Venezuela and fear retaliation. More than 100 refugees with no criminal background have been arrested, with many flown to a detention center in Texas, according to a class-action lawsuit. The Department of Homeland Security announced a Jan. 9 review to re-examine thousands of refugee cases for potential fraud, focusing on recent arrivals who have not yet received green cards. Refugee admissions have been cut to record lows.
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