{"id":24,"date":"2025-02-18T18:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/thebigbabiblog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2025-02-18T18:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:29:10","slug":"immigrants-concern-over-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/thebigbabiblog\/2025\/02\/18\/immigrants-concern-over-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigrants\u2019 concern over ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While only being in his second term for less than a hundred days. Pres. Trump has taken large action on his goals for immigration in the US. But it hasn\u2019t gone as smoothly according to others. Recently there has been many incidences where Immigration and Customs Enforcement mistakenly detained American citizens while conducting raids as reported by NBC News<\/a>. And with ICE being spotted in the Janesville and Whitewater areas of Southern Wisconsin, people wonder if their community members feel safe or if they feel intimidated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several community members who are immigrants expressed their concern over recent procedures carried out by ICE. \u201cI would be scared because I don\u2019t carry my green card every day. Just my state ID.\u201d said Janesville resident Jon Fazliu who moved to the US in 2020 from Kosovo. \u201cIf I see them on the road I would be scared.\u201d Said Valton Zeneli. \u201cI would be worried they\u2019re going to take me with asking for my ID, and I just moved last year.\u201d Said Valton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While local police departments around the county have put out statements expressing how they\u2019ll only focus on normal policing, as is this statement from the Janesville Police Department; JPD Statement January 20 2025<\/a>. While most local police department only leave immigration enforcement to ICE except in cases of serious crimes and previous deportations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m scared that they\u2019ll arrest me because they may think I\u2019m undocumented where I\u2019ve been a green holder since December.\u201d said Vijona Zeneli. \u201cI afraid that they\u2019ll make a mistake if they question me as I am still learning English.\u201d said Vijona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems that the procedures carried out by ICE since the beginning of Pres. Trump\u2019s second term have been put to question. In the original article by NBC News, two representees sent to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and acting director of ICE Caleb Vitello questing the motive of these recent arrests. As it was also mentioned in the original article that several members of the Navajo nation were question by ICE in regards of their immigration status. With the main issue that Navajo nation Pres. Buu Nygren brought up in a radio address was in regard to members\u2019 being targeted due to their race and\/or skin color. Whilst the debate on America\u2019s immigration has flared up in recent weeks, many people are questioning the competency of agencies enforcing these new regulations set out by Pres. Trump. This is a part of one of many new controversies in the second term of Donald Trump, as Pres. Trump is also under fire for his policies on tariffs, Elon Musk and overuse of executive orders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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