Posted on 02/10/2017 6:02:40 AM PST by Dacula
More than two dozen protesters held a rally Thursday night in front of a federal building in downtown Austin after a woman contacted an Austin immigration support group and told them federal immigration officials had detained her husband during a traffic stop in Southeast Austin.
Reyna Alvarado said her husband, Francisco Alvarado, was pulled over by federal officials on Riverside Drive near Wickersham Lane around 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
He is currently detained, though she was unsure where, Reyna Alvarado said. He told her wife on the phone that he is likely to be deported, she said.
Immigration officials told her that her husband had not shown up to an immigration court in San Antonio, she said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials could not be reached for comment Thursday night.
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The Alvarados came to Austin from Honduras 10 years ago, Reyna Alvarado said. Her husband, who is undocumented, does landscaping work.
This month, newly-elected Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez changed the county jail’s policy regarding federal agents’ requests to detain inmates suspected of being in the country illegally.
Since Hernandez’s policy began, several Austin immigration activist groups have been concerned that federal immigration agents will increase operations to seek out and deport undocumented immigrants in Austin.
Reyna Alvarado said through a translator that she and Francisco had fled Honduras with their daughter because the “Maras” — a gang that was born in the U.S. and now has a heavy presence in Central America — had killed several of her family members.
“What do I do now?” Reyna Alvarado said through a translator. “I had to go to school and tell my daughter that they’ve taken her father away.”
The group ICE Out of Austin gathered Thursday night in front of the J.J. “Jake” Pickle Federal Building, at 300 Eighth St., to protest Francisco Alvarado’s detention.
“Our community feels that we are under attack,” said Alejandro Caceres, who founded the group. “We don’t think that anyone should be deported.”
He broke the law. He should be deported. It is illegal to enter the country and claim a right to stay.
Ten years, and she hasn't had the common decency to at least learn our language.
Is the wife illegal? Why didn’t they send all of them home.
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That’s what I’m thinking. She is still free and organizing protests. Send the whole family back.
And IF he gets deported some so called journalist will report every little time he runs into trouble and WE will be blamed for all of the misfortue that happens to him in Hondo. Even in a foreign land, it’s our fault. We can’t win these jerks.
They don’t necessarily need a translator. I’ve seen it over and over ad nauseum. It’s part of the play victim ploy. Hispanics who’ve been here 30 years do it too.
Patience my friend. It will take a while for the illegal fund stream to dry up.
How will they pay their rent, utilities, and other daily needs when Papa Criminal is not earning any income while in jail?
Why is it a bad thing to deport illegal aliens. Did they protest when Barry did it? President Trump, shut down all immigration.
So how does over two dozen equal 23?
“Why is it a bad thing to deport illegal aliens. Did they protest when Barry did it?”
Because: America was built by immigrants, we can’t break up families, they are just seeking a better life, no one is illegal, it’s racist, Trump is a Nazi and fascist America elected him, there are no borders between people, white people have created all the evil in the world. Pick all that apply.
Obama wasn’t white, so anything he did was important to do.
/s
You bet they did!
He welcomed them in....
...and insulted American citizens by saying ‘illegals would do the job Americans won’t do’
I lost almost all hope during that time...
...President.Trump has renewed my hope!
**So how does over two dozen equal 23?**
In the real world it doesn’t.
Ever heard of #fakenews?
Pookie had a good ‘Toon yesterday.
A young American family, blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin,
were sitting in a SUV. All four of them are at the side
windows. They are saying, “We are all going down to Mexico
to take all their free services we can get. Then, when they
object, we will riot, loot, protest & burn stuff! Wanna join
us?”
Illegal alien?
The bus for deportation is right over there. Get your ass on it.
NEXT PLEASE.
“What do I do now?” Reyna Alvarado said through a translator.”
Ten years in the country with no wish to assimilate and learn English.
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