ICE came for their fathers and husbands. Now these Mississippi families will live in poverty

[babylonsister]

ICE came for their fathers and husbands. Now these Mississippi families will live in poverty
June 26, 2017
Will Tucker


BATESVILLE, Miss. – Rita still felt sore from giving birth a few days earlier. But in the early morning on March 28, she rose to make breakfast for her husband and children. She did not know they were all being watched.

Adjusting to the arrival of a new baby girl made for a hectic morning. Rita’s 9-year-old son missed the bus; her husband Jorge planned to drive him to school. At about 7:25 a.m., she rushed the two out the door of the family’s double-wide trailer, then went to the bathroom. When she returned to the kitchen, she found her son standing there, alone.

“Some police are looking around in the trucks outside,” the boy said. From the window, she saw her husband standing near his work trucks, surrounded by men wearing vests emblazoned with “Police” across the backs. Rita sent her son, a U.S. citizen, back outside to ask what was happening.

Moments later, he returned with an answer: “They’re not just checking the trucks. They’re checking Papa.”

Rita watched as the men handcuffed her husband and took him away. She didn’t know exactly who they were. She could see no uniforms other than the “Police” vests, and there wasn’t a squad car in sight. But, after several panicked hours, it became clear that they were U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Her husband had been taken to the LaSalle Detention Facility in Jena, La., nearly 300 miles away.

His last border-crossing was 12 years ago. Until he was detained in March, he worked as a roofer, and a good one, in a county where a tradesman with a specialty can make $850 in a week.

Now, for Rita and her family, the income is gone. Three children – the 3-month-old girl and two others, all U.S. citizens – stand to lose their father, maybe once and for all, if he’s sent to Mexico in the coming days.

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https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/06/26/ice-came-their-fathers-and-husbands-now-these-mississippi-families-will-live-poverty

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[madokie]

2. This is Insane

We can do better than this and we must do better than this

[lunamagica]

3. This is so tragic I'm in tears. I bet all of those who wanted a trump win in order

to spark "the revolution" think that these tragedies -families and lives destroyed- are just "casualties of war" and the sacrifice is worth it -as long as they don't have to sacrifice anything

[lpbk2713]

4. Is America great again yet?

I'm not holding my breath.