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What Are My Rights During an ICE Raid?

1. Don’t Open the Door — ICE can’t enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge.

2. Ask to Speak to a Lawyer — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) both advise asking for a lawyer before you speak to ICE. If you're at risk, try to speak with an attorney as soon as possible. If you need help finding an immigration attorney in your area, there are resources online, including the National Lawyers Guild National Immigration Project, which has state-by-state listings (though not all 50 states have attorneys included). 

3. Remain Silent or Tell ICE You Wish to Do So — You have the right to remain silent in any interaction with an ICE agent, and you can tell them so. What you say can be used against you in immigration court or deportation proceedings.

4. Don’t Sign Anything — Unless you’ve already spoken to a lawyer who advises it, the NILC and ACLU say you shouldn’t sign any documents ICE asks you to.

5. Don’t Lie or Provide False Documents — Lying to ICE agents can be dangerous.

6. Don’t Flee or Resist Arrest — If you run from ICE, the results can be deadly not just legally dangerous. People who help an immigrant escape ICE can be charged with things like obstruction of justice by the Department of Justice. People who attempt to physically stop an arrest can also be charged with resisting a public officer.

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A Trans Woman Died in ICE Custody. An Autopsy Revealed She May Have Been Abused

This past spring, 33-year-old Roxsana Hernández joined the Central American caravan that is attempting to cross the United States–Mexico border to seek asylum in the U.S. By the end of May, she reportedly died after being physically abused while in the care of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the Transgender Law Center. Roxsana, a trans woman, had been fleeing violence in home country of Honduras.

In a May 25 press release, ICE states that on May 17, Hernández was “admitted to Cibola General Hospital with symptoms of pneumonia, dehydration, and complications associated with HIV,” and claimed her primary cause of death was cardiac arrest. A private autopsy requested by her family and paid for by the Transgender Law Center states that she “endured physical assault and abuse while in custody.” ICE has not publicly disclosed why Hernández was detained; Teen Vogue has reached out for clarification.

Roxsana had reportedly made attempts to live in the U.S. before, and had been deported three times prior. On May 9, she attempted to seek asylum at the San Ysidro Port of Entry (SYPOE) of the U.S.–Mexico border but was promptly detained by ICE.

Over the course of three weeks, Roxsana was transferred to Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, New Mexico, after being transported through several states with other trans detainees that noticed her health deteriorating as she was denied medical care. The ICE press release on her death states that she was slated for “expedited removal” and died of cardiac arrest following HIV-related complications on May 25, after being admitted to the hospital just eight days prior.

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A Border Patrol Agent Has Been Called a "Serial Killer" by Police After Murdering 4 Women

A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been arrested and charged with the murder of four women after allegedly attempting to abduct a fifth victim, ABC News reports. The suspect, Juan David Ortiz, 35, is being treated as a “serial killer” by police officials following his arrest on Saturday, September 15 in Laredo, Texas. According to BuzzFeed News, Ortiz has admitted to the murders.

Webb County Sheriff's Office reports that bodies of the four women have been found, but two of the victims have not been fully identified, and none of the women's names have been released to the public. Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz told ABC that officials believe the first murder took place on September 3, and that all four victims were sex workers. According to Alaniz, one of the victims was transgender. BuzzFeed News adds that Ortiz, who has been with the US Customs and Border Protection agency for 10 years, is suspected of killing the four women while he was off-duty.

Alaniz also spoke with BuzzFeed about the murders, explaining that officials suspect that Ortiz “would take these women out to desolate highway areas, and once he got them there, he would take them out of his truck and execute them.”

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Here's Why Atlanta's Mayor Won't Let the City's Jail Hold ICE Detainees Anymore

Atlanta immigration attorneys and advocates are looking to continue to improve the lives of the city’s undocumented-immigrant population following news that the city of Atlanta will no longer house U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees in the city jail.

Earlier this month, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (pictured above) signed an executive order stating that Atlanta will no longer house ICE detainees in the Atlanta City Detention Center. A press release from the mayor made clear that the move was a reaction to the family-separation crisis created by Trump administration immigration policy.

“Atlanta will no longer be complicit in a policy that intentionally inflicts misery on a vulnerable population without giving any thought to the horrific fallout,” Bottoms said of her decision to sign the executive order at the time, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “As the birthplace of the civil rights movement, we are called to be better than this.”

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The Trump Administration Took $10 Million From FEMA and Gave It to ICE

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ICE Is Detaining Teens on Their 18th Birthdays

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