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‘I’m scared to death to leave my house’: immigrants are disappearing from the streets – can US cities survive? (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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Intimidation certainly seems to be going swimmingly.

Increasing immigrant arrests in California have begun to gut-punch the economy and wallets of immigrant families and beyond. In some cases, immigrants with legal status and even US citizens have been swept into Donald Trump’s dragnet.

The 2004 fantasy film A Day Without a Mexican – chronicling what would happen to California if Mexican immigrants disappeared – is fast becoming a reality, weeks without Mexicans and many other immigrants. The implications are stark for many, both economically and personally.

“We are now seeing a very significant shift toward enforcement at labor sites where people are working,’ said Andrew Selee, president of the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute. “Not a focus on people with criminal records, but a focus on people who are deeply integrated in the American economy.”

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[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

immigration agents in an unmarked vehicle swept up her husband’s 20-year-old nephew, who is a Mexican national without legal status.

They misspelled kidnapped.

[–] IAmJacksRage@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

The word is ‘abducted’ since there’s no ransom.