Attorneys are pressing for answers about the whereabouts of three dozen people arrested in immigration raids

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Civil rights attorneys are sounding the alarm after 48 New Mexico residents “disappeared” after their arrests by federal immigration enforcement agents this month.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement “has not indicated where any of them are being detained, whether they have access to counsel, in what conditions they are being held, or even which agency is holding them,” according to a federal complaint from the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.

They have been “effectively forcibly disappeared from our communities,” attorneys wrote.

At least 48 people ICE described as “illegal aliens” were arrested in a week-long series of operations in Albuquerque, Roswell, and Santa Fe earlier this month, according to the agency. But only 21 people had final orders of removal from the country.

“This is not just a procedural issue — it’s a serious human rights violation,” according to Rebecca Sheff, senior staff attorney at ACLU of New Mexico.

  • el_muerte@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    8 hours ago

    Given how much this has been happening already, I’m honestly kind of shocked we haven’t started hearing about ICE agents dying during arrests.

    • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      Its still early. People are still getting their bearings. Right now they are arresting marginalized people that the average American has no contact with, so they have no skin in the game. When they start going after people they know, for the crime of resisting or criticizing MAGA, things will start to change.

      Americans worship their celebrities. When their favorite TV news personalities start getting arrested for reporting the news, people will start paying attention.