In the US, arrests of immigrants during interviews at USCIS have become frequent - ForumDaily
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In the US, arrests of immigrants during interviews at USCIS

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently begun to widely use the practice of arresting immigrants during interviews for green cards or US citizenship.

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During the presidency of Donald Trump, the USCIS and the Customs and Immigration Control Department (ICE) have greatly expanded their cooperation, writes Nashi canada.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other human rights organizations are outraged by what is happening. According to them, some immigration officers turn interviews into real interrogations and punish immigrants for the slightest offense.

One of these incidents can be called the case of a native of Venezuela living in Texas. The immigrant is a green card holder who has lived in the US for as many as 22 years. The man decided to get American citizenship, came to the interview, where the officer began to ask him absolutely standard questions.

During the interview it emerged that in 1999, a Venezuelan was arrested for theft. Without any further explanation, the officer called the ICE officer. The applicant for citizenship was arrested and sent to the deportation center. Along the way, the immigrant was told that people with convictions are not worthy of being a citizen of the United States, but can appeal this decision to an immigration court.

Another similar incident occurred in Nebraska for an interview on getting a green card through marriage. The immigrant and her American husband were detained by immigration agents because they could not answer difficult questions about their lives together.

Most often, arrests are made precisely after interviews for obtaining a green card through marriage, as the tightening of immigration policies led to an increased number of fake marriages. Immigration authorities began to tighten control over international couples, listen to the phones of foreign spouses living according to official documents at the same address. The officers view the data from the GPS beacons of the spouses and make a conclusion regarding the reality of their cohabitation.

Sometimes immigrants do not even know why they were detained. Sometimes the reasons for the arrest is anonymous denunciation or lack of information. The White House demands that the arrest rates for immigrants grow, so USCIS and ICE began to detain foreigners at the slightest suspicion. The arrests of foreigners who do not have American citizenship have increased by 2016% compared to 40.

A separate category of detainees includes immigrants who have already received a deportation decision, but have not left the United States (among them there are a very large number of people from the post-Soviet space). The chances of arresting such migrants at Trump increased by 70-80%.

The arrest policy during the interview acts as a method of intimidation for the rest of the immigrants. Fearing deportation, people simply do not apply for a green card or naturalization certificate. It is impossible to predict what exactly will be the cause of the arrest: tax debts, arrests in the past, or just confusion in the documents.

The most difficult thing is for immigrants who applied for documents under Obama, and they will have to have an interview with Donald Trump. The previous president did not expel people from the country for petty thefts and disturbances of public order, which cannot be said about the current American leader.

For example, 63-year-old native of Guatemala, Hector D., who lives in Oregon, came to the United States as a child. In 2015, he applied for US citizenship. The interview is scheduled for October 2018. In 1982 and 1986, Hector was tried. Immigration does not care about the fact that 30 has passed since that time, Hector has become an exemplary father and grandfather. Because of his criminal past, Hector may well be deported back to Guatemala.

All immigrants who are to be interviewed at USCIS are advised to go to a meeting accompanied by a lawyer. Even the existence of an ideal immigration history will not save you from deportation if an officer has even the slightest suspicion about your account.

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