The Trump administration pledged its biggest deportation effort in U.S. history, with more than 200 people marching in the heart of Ontario on Saturday morning to support immigrant communities in the Inland Empire.
The vibrant crowd waved American and Mexican flags, beat drums, and released the noisy people as they marched on the sidewalk. They shouted, “We did not leave”, the motto of the United Farm Workers, “Sí, Se Puede.” Cheers erupted when vehicles along Euclid Avenue were supported.
The protests were on social media as a “massive mobilization of mass deportations” – a protest led by the San Bernardino-based Inland Immigration Justice Coalition, which consists of more than 35 organizations serving the Inland Immigration Community.
The area is home to a large number of immigrants. according to 2018 Report The UC Riverside Center for Social Innovation at the Inland Immigration Justice Alliance and the California Center for Immigration Policy, one in five Inland Empire residents are immigrants, spreading nearly one million immigrants across Riverside and San Bernardino County.
Dozens of protesters from the Inland Immigration Justice Coalition and several other Inland Imperial organizations participated in the demonstrations held in Ontario on Saturday.
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San Bernardino County is also home to one of California’s largest immigration detention centers, Adelanto Ice Processing Center, which is managed by private prison company Geo Group. With concerns about health, safety and human rights, a coalition of immigration rights organizations has advocated the closure of the facility for many years.
Javier Hernandez, executive director of the Inland Immigration Justice Alliance, addressed the crowd before the start, citing the government’s remarks as an attempt to sow fear and panic in the immigrant community. A means to make people cringe in shadows or self-deception.
“The way we fight back is to take to the streets,” Hernandez said. “We keep fear behind us and push our fight for immigration rights.”
“Sinful Dad, Sinner”,” He shouted, leading the attendees to shout frantically. “No document, no fear.”
A protester wearing a flag representing the United States and Mexico joined dozens of other protesters in Ontario on Saturday.
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Face this fear and speak out for those who are attacked and afraid to protest – the thoughts of many protesters.
Andy Garibay came to the country as an infant and now has job authorization and deportation protection through the Delayed Child Arrival Program (DACA) or DACA. She is a mother of two, she lives in Rialto and works on payroll.
She said the Trump administration threats put her and her family on the edge. She said her family group chat seemed to be constantly discovering immigration officials near warehouses where many relatives work.
“Why is this happening?” said Gariribe, holding the sign “A Love” and wrapping the Mexican flag around her hair.
Deanna Pennino of Ontario is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. She said he taught her and her siblings to work hard and be proud of Americans and never forget their roots.
Pennino, a respiratory therapist at a local hospital, said several colleagues have stopped working and are worried that immigration authorities may show up at any time. Trump canceled Biden-era policies on the first day in the office Protect certain sensitive locationsincluding churches, schools and hospitals for immigration enforcement.
Pennino also fought Proposition 187, a 1994 voting initiative that sought to prohibit immigration lacking documents from obtaining any public benefit, including health care, education and social services. The experience proved to her that “we can fight and make a difference.”
During Saturday’s march, she held a sign that read “Devort Elon,” a reference to South African immigrant Elon Musk, who is leading a controversial effort to eliminate alleged fraud, waste and abuse from the federal government.
Trump initially focused his remarks on tracking immigrants who lacked authorization and were accused of violent crimes. His administration now says it believes that all immigrants in the United States have no legal authorization to be criminals because they violate immigration laws.
On Saturday, dozens of protesters participated in Ontario’s “massive mobilization and mass deportation”.
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Immigration and customs enforcement in the United States have already carried out grand operations in Chicago and New York. The commitment to greater enforcement action has shocked immigrant communities across California and across the country and stimulated the foundations of radicalism.
Last weekend, there were rumors that the federal government was Plan a large-scale immigration enforcement sweep In Los Angeles County, many people are highly alert. At the time, ICE officials did not say whether any special actions had occurred or did not release daily arrest data. However, it seems that any such operation is not as widespread as many people have predicted.
In early January, at the end of the Biden administration, the Border Patrol conducted a Multi-day raids in rural Kern Countyleading to detention and expulsion of workers who lack documents.
This week, ACLU lawyers representing United Farm workers and five Kern County residents sued the head of the Department of Homeland Security and Border Patrol officials, alleging that Raid is equal to “fishing adventure” It is futile people of color who appear to be farm workers or day workers.
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