On Tuesday morning, a Venezuelan couple came to Jane Graupman’s office sobbing over the unknown fate of their 20-year-old son, who had been taken away by masked federal agents.
“They were getting ready for work, and all of a sudden their house was surrounded by men with drawn guns saying, ‘Oh, it’s OK. It’s just some paperwork that needs to be fixed. Just open the door,'” said Graupman, executive director of the International Institute of Minnesota.
The mother did as she was told, and her 20-year-old son was immediately removed from the home, the latest in a growing number of planned detentions involving recent immigrants with lawful refugee status who have applied for but not yet received their permanent residency, otherwise known as their Green Cards.
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Sucks man. You could either come legally and go through all the hoops, spend thousands of dollars over several years, etc…and then get this.
Or you could not, and be safe® from the ICE goons, but have to work under the table…meaning, no legal protections from employers (or police, landlords, etc for that matter) who can (and will) extort you.
Why the fuck would anybody choose to live here?