Almost a million people in New York are on alert by deportation orders

About one million Residents in New Yorkincluded Legal citizensthey are on alert to the intensification of deportation operations carried out by the immigration and control service of United States Customs (ICE) under the administration of the president Donald Trump.

In the last week, ICE arrested 2,373 migrants in several Sanctuary citiesincluded New Yorkand issued 1,797 detention orders additional, as reported The New York Times. The Federal Agency has intensified its operations in the city and the State, which has generated uncertainty between communities of immigrants and human rights defenders.

A report from the organization Documed, cited by Hudson Valley Post, revealed that 254,180 people who registered an address in the New York State In recent years They received deportation orders by the Courts of immigration. These orders make them legally eligible to be expelled from the country at any time.

He POLY INSTITUTE He estimates that in New York they reside 4.5 million immigrantsof which 1.8 million are non -citizens. Of this group, approximately 670,000 They are undocumented, which makes them possible objectives of ICE’s raids.

Operations have caused a climate of tension in many Immigrant communitieswhere families with mixed status, which include American citizens and undocumented residentsfear separation and loss of stability.

Human rights organizations have expressed concern about the effects of these raids, arguing that they can generate distrust of the authorities and affect the daily life of thousands of people.

“Deportation orders affect people with decades of residence in the country, many of them with families, jobs and contributions to the local economy,” said a spokesman for a migrants defense organization in New York.

He ICE has increased its activity in several sanctuary cities, those that limit cooperation between its local agencies and the federal government in the application of Immigration laws. In the last operation, the agency confirmed the arrest of 2,373 people In different jurisdictions.

According to him ICEthe day with the greatest number of arrests was Sunday, January 26, when 956 people They were arrested. These actions are part of the so -called “Operations of application of the law directed”whose objective, according to the agency, is the capture of foreigners with a criminal record or that represent a threat to public and national security.

“The operations of application of the law are aimed at the arrest of criminal foreigners who threaten national security or public security,” the ICE published in the social network X.

In his report, the ICE highlighted the arrest of José Roberto Rodríguez-Urbinaalleged member of the gang MS-13who was arrested in New York. According to the authorities, Rodríguez-urbina is sought in El Salvador for charges of extortion.

The arrests of alleged gang members are usually used by ICE and other federal agencies to justify large -scale raids, although immigrant defenders argue that many arrested people have no criminal record and are simply in the country without documents.

One of the most controversial aspects of Operations Recent is the possibility that American citizens are interrogated within the framework of migratory sweeps. He ICE He pointed out that some people can be questioned if they are in areas where raids are carried out, although the authorities ensure that there will be no arbitrary arbitrary arrests.

Civil Rights Defensor Groups have warned that these types of practices can lead to constitutional rights violations and the arrest of persons by error.

The authorities have advanced that raids and arrests They will continue in the coming weeks. This announcement has generated restlessness in Immigrant communities and has led proimmigrants to reinforce information campaigns on security and security protocols in case of ICE agents.

Meanwhile, local and state officials have expressed their opposition to these measures, reaffirming their commitment to the status of New York as a sanctuary city and providing support to those affected.