ICE Official Has Blunt Response as Criticisms Mount: We’re ‘Not a Social Services Agency’
By Jack Davis
Published August 11, 2019 at 10:00am
In the aftermath of raids in Mississippi that netted 680 accused illegal immigrants working for several food processing plants, at least one U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official was not apologizing for the disruption caused by the Wednesday operation.
The National Education Association and the Mississippi Association of Educators condemned ICE for the raids, saying they were “causing chaos and separating families” as the new school year opened in Mississippi.
“The trauma these students are enduring is inconceivable,” the statement said. “The effect the raids will have on their long-term mental and emotional health is profound.”
Although ICE officials took some steps to limit the damage to children whose parents were arrested, one ICE official said, “We are a law enforcement agency, not a social services agency,” NBC reported.
NBC did not name the official, who told the network that giving advance notice to social services agencies or schools could have alerted the illegal immigrants of the raids.
Poster Comment:
I was in a restaurant in Chicago. The bus boys were all Mexican. One points at another and says, "Hey man, he's a wetback." LOL