Undocumented Irish people living in Boston subjected to crackdown from ICE

Irish Central ^ | December 10, 2017 09:08 PM | Paul Farrell

[Olog-hai]

U.S. immigration and customs agents have increased arrests of undocumented Irish people by 30 percent in 2017. That’s according to statistics released by ICE in December. This comes after Donald Trump signed an executive order just days after his inauguration ordering an ICE crackdown on illegal immigration. Those figures indicate that 34 Irish citizens have been deported from America this year as compared with 26 in 2016.

The Irish Times reports that the majority of Irish who have overstayed their visas were on vacation waivers. The executive director of the Irish International Immigrant Center in Boston, Ronnie Millar, told the newspaper, “We have had 17 Irish detained already this year. We have definitely seen in Boston greater enforcement, and we are representing a number of individuals and we are supporting them as best we can. There is a deep, deep concern about the increased activity here.”

Millar added that many undocumented Irish are leaving of their own accord rather than live in fear.

The center is advising people not to open their door to ICE agents unless they can produce a warrant signed by a judge. […]

A March 2017 CNN report estimated the number of undocumented Irish living and working in the U.S. at 50,000. Speaking to the network, an undocumented Irish person named Shauna, who lives in the Bronx, said, “It is easier being illegal here when you’re white. It’s not easy, of course, you have that paranoia but there isn’t the racial element. It’s a bit easier to stay under the radar.” …

[stylin19a]

“To the butcher” !!!

[jmacusa]

As a native born American of 100% Irish ancestry I say:Throw the feckin’ buggers out on their arse!’’

[Sirius Lee]

If they’re here illegally then they need to be tossed on to a barge heading back across the North Atlantic.