Secretary of Homeland Security warns immigrants that they will be “deported wherever they are”
Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security, reiterates that foreigners lacking legal status detected in the United States will end up being deported
Despite the controversy generated by the deaths of three immigrants, which occurred separately in one week during operations by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE), Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), anticipated that any foreigner lacking legal status detected in the United States will end up being deported sooner or later regardless of where they are.
The first unfortunate incident occurred on Wednesday the 7th around 6:38 am during an attempted arrest at a traffic stop in Houston, Texas.
According to a statement released by the federal agency, Mexican Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, allegedly, in addition to refusing to cooperate with authorities during an immigration control operation, tried to hit an officer with the truck he was driving.
In response, he was shot several times, which ultimately took his life.
Six days later, in the city of Biddeford, Maine, during another immigration detention operation, an ICE agent fired the gun he was carrying at Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian who lost his life.
Later, on June 14, to avoid being detained by ICE, a third immigrant died after being hit by a trailer while trying to flee in San Agustín, a town located in northeastern Florida.
The deaths have sparked outrage among the Latino community and human rights organizations.
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"Undocumented immigrants will be arrested and deported wherever they are found. If you are here illegally, LEAVE NOW. Our agents are conducting operations to enforce our nation's laws.
“We remind undocumented immigrants that attempting to evade arrest is dangerous,” he wrote.
Immediately afterwards, the official ranted against three Democratic politicians for advising immigrants to avoid their eventual deportation.
“He organized a webinar with advice for undocumented immigrants to avoid arrests in their homes, workplaces or in public,” he said of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, representative for New York, whom he accused of advising immigrants lacking legal status.