Community Again Outraged by Immigration Agents Targeting Families Outside Detroit Schools
As a community member I am outraged, and as a mother, I am heartbroken.
Those were the words of State Representative Rashida Tlaib after parents called for her to do something about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents targeting parents outside Detroit schools in Michigan.
Earlier this week, two immigrant families were approached by agents as they dropped off their children at Cesar Chavez Academy in Southwest Detroit. A family outside the Manuel Reyes Vistas Nuevas Head Start Center was similarly stopped.
Outside Chavez Academy, Hector Orozco was arrested as he dropped his son off and remains in ICE custody. Outside the Head Start Center, a family was told they were going to be detained once they stepped back outside