As deportations ramp up, immigrants increasingly fear Ice check-ins: ‘All bets are off’

Four more Wisconsin county sheriffs sign agreements to cooperate with ICE • Wisconsin Examiner

Four Wisconsin county sheriffs have agreed since March to cooperate with ICE officials to deport undocumented immigrants in their jails.

As deportations ramp up, immigrants increasingly fear Ice check-ins: ‘All bets are off’

Data suggests as many as 1,400 people were arrested during or right after Ice check-ins in first four weeks of Trump’s administrationJorge, a 22-year-old asylum seeker from Venezuela, reported in February to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) field office in Portland, Oregon, for what he figured would be a routine check-in. Instead, he was arrested and transferred to a detention center in another state.Alberto, a 42-year-old from N…