Laura Barron-Lopez:
Tom Homan said today on CNN that there are actions already being taken, that ICE essentially has its handcuffs off, and he said to CNN that it is not just going to be criminal migrants that are here or migrants that pose a public safety threat.
He did say that if — as ICE is conducting arrests, if there are undocumented migrants who are not criminals, who have no criminal record, if they are around, then ICE will arrest them as well, and they could be deported and detained. He has said in the past that all people are on the table here.
Our colleague as well, Amna, Ryan Connelly Holmes has been talking to people in Chicago, where one of the raids could very well take place, specifically Lawrence Benito, who runs the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, who is trying to help prepare immigrants there.
LAWRENCE BENITO, Executive Director, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: Regardless of immigration status, people are afforded certain rights to remain silent, not let people into their homes, making sure that they have a right to an attorney, to receive counsel. We understand how ICE operates. We have a plan in place. We have been doing this work for a while.
