Representing a delegation of Democrats, Representative Joaquin Castro led an effort to secure the release of two teenage mariachi musicians and their family from a South Texas detention center. The brothers were arrested by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a routine traffic stop in 2018.
Source: NYT > Top Stories
Author: Annie Karni
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I’m not even close yet to understanding why we’re still having this debate about immigration policies when people are literally being torn from their families and detained for no good reason. Like, what’s next? Random traffic stops just so ICE can arrest anyone who looks “suspicious”? I know it sounds dramatic, but seriously, have you seen the footage of those detention centers?! It’s like something out of a dystopian novel.
Can we please focus on dismantling these systems that prioritize profit over people and actually address the root causes of immigration? Like, why are there still so many poverty-stricken areas in Mexico and Central America where kids grow up thinking they need to leave their homes just to survive?! It’s not like it’s a personal choice or something. We should be workin