Hundreds of criminals arrested, reports of US citizens detained in ICE raids

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PROMISED MASS DEPORTATION PLAN IS ALREADY UNDERWAY –

WITH WEEK ONE SEEING HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY ARRESTED BY ICE.

BUT THE DEPORTATION EFFORTS ARE BEING COVERED DIFFERENTLY BY LEFT AND RIGHT NEWS OUTLETS.

NEWS OUTLETS WITH A LEFT POLITICAL BIAS ARE LARGELY CONDEMNING THE RAIDS AS STOKING FEAR IN COMMUNITIES – POINTING TO A NEW JERSEY RAID THAT MAY HAVE RESULTED IN U.S. CITIZENS GETTING CAUGHT UP IN AN ICE BUST.

WHILE NEWS OUTLETS ON THE RIGHT ARE LARGELY HIGHLIGHTING THE RAIDS AS A SUCCESS – POINTING TO CRIMINALS AND SUSPECTED TERRORISTS NABBED BY ICE.

 HERE’S SOME OF THE COVERAGE FROM RIGHT LEANING OUTLETS –

FOX – “First images of ICE mass deportation efforts show arrests of MS-13 gang members, murder suspects”

NEW YORK POST – “raids turn up pedophiles, gangbangers, and NY-based suspected terrorist as 538 migrants arrested”

THIS – IN CONTRAST TO LEFT-LEANING OUTLETS –

LIKE THE GUARDIAN – “Newark mayor condemns warrantless immigration raid that ‘terrorized’ people”

AND AXIOS – “Mayor accuses ICE of detaining vet, U.S. citizens in N.J. immigration raid”

HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENED.

ICE HAS CONDUCTED RAIDS THIS WEEK ALL OVER THE U.S. –

INCLUDING IN ILLINOIS, UTAH, CALIFORNIA, MINNESOTA, NEW YORK, FLORIDA, AND MARYLAND.

ICE AGENTS HAVE ARRESTED NATIONALS FROM COUNTRIES LIKE AFGHANISTAN, EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS, VENEZUELA, MEXICO, AND OTHERS.

ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S NEW PRESS SECRETARY –

“The Trump Administration arrested 538 illegal immigrant criminals including a suspected terrorist, four members of the Tren de Aragua gang, and several illegals convicted of sex crimes against minors.”

ICE SOURCES TOLD THE NEW YORK POST SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS ROUNDED UP WERE CONVICTED IN “SOME VERY HEINOUS CASES.”

FOX NEWS REPORTED ONE SPECIFIC HAITIAN GANG MEMBER WHO WAS APPREHENDED HAD “18 CONVICTIONS IN RECENT YEARS.”

WHILE RIGHT-LEANING OUTLETS ARE LARGELY TOUTING THE SUCCESSES FROM A ROUND UP OF RAIDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY –

LEFT-LEANING OUTLETS ARE LARGELY FOCUSING ON A SPECIFIC RAID IN NEW JERSEY – WHICH THE NEWARK MAYOR HAS CALLED “AN EGREGIOUS ACT.”

NEWARK MAYOR RAS BARAKA SAYS AN IMMIGRATION RAID AT A LOCAL SEAFOOD DISTRIBUTOR WAS CONDUCTED WITHOUT A WARRANT – CALLING IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

AND HE SAYS DURING THAT RAID – A MILITARY VETERAN HAD HIS MILITARY DOCUMENTATION QUESTIONED BY ICE OFFICIALS.

THE MAYOR SAYING THREE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY –

AND ALSO ALLEGING AN UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT OF U.S. CITIZENS WERE AMONG THOSE DETAINED.

ABOUT THE VET QUESTIONED ON SITE –

ICE SOURCES TOLD FOX NEWS THE U.S. CITIZEN WAS ASKED TO PRODUCE IDENTIFICATION.

ICE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING –

“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may encounter U.S. citizens while conducting field work and may request identification to establish an individual’s identity as was the case during a targeted enforcement operation at a worksite today in Newark, New Jersey.”

ICE SAID BECAUSE ITS A PENDING INVESTIGATION – THEY COULDN’T COMMENT FURTHER – OVER THE ISSUE OF A WARRANT OR IF U.S. CITIZENS WERE DETAINED.

THE DEMOCRATIC MAYOR HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE FRIDAY MORNING ADDRESSING THE CONTROVERSY.

“The problem with this is none of these people were rapists or criminals or murderers. The problem is ice went in there without a warrant. 

“If we allow people to identify us or put us in categories of criminal by the way we look, then we’re going back into a time that was very dangerous in this country specifically for people who look like me.” 

THE DEBATE OVER ICE RAIDS IS ALREADY DRIVING A WEDGE BETWEEN POLITICAL PARTIES, WITH THE PORTRAYAL OF RAIDS AND DEPORTATION EFFORTS IN THE MEDIA REFLECTING THE POLITICAL BIASES OF VARIOUS NEWS OUTLETS.

THE STORY – ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE.

WITH DEPORTATION FLIGHTS ALSO NOW UNDERWAY BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

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FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS – I’M KARAH RUCKER.