Outside Seattle, the suburbs are often hubs for Latino and first-generation immigrant communities. Reports of ICE arrests in some of those smaller cities have been trending over the past weeks, although the official numbers are tough to pinpoint. Some suburban communities are responding to immigration enforcement in different ways.

ICE arrested Juan’s uncle in late October, on a freeway on-ramp while he was on his way to work early in the morning, around 5 a.m. Juan said his uncle’s arrest — and that of several others — sent a chill through the neighborhood.

A day after his uncle’s arrest, Juan said he was stopped by law enforcement on the freeway in the middle of the road. He describes four cars surrounding him, and slowing down to a stop on the freeway. He believes it was ICE. He suspects they followed him from his uncle’s neighborhood and were waiting for him the next day.

  • WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca
    10·
    3 days ago

    A dozen (or even half a dozen) armed citizens awaiting ICE in every neighborhood would have a chilling effect on their bullshit pretty fucking quick.

    • Inucune@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 days ago

      Giving a few of them an additional structurally sufurious rear oriface by way of high speed metallic injectons also helps cool their heels.