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Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window (www.thebaltimorebanner.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The 18-year-old and her mother — Elsy Noemi Berrios, 52 — planned to ride to work together, which happened daily in the month of March. Cruz Berrios recently started as a seamstress where her mom had worked for the past five years.

But March 31 was different for Cruz Berrios.

Their car on a street in Westminster was suddenly surrounded by ICE agents, with at least one wearing a face covering. The agents didn’t present a warrant, according to Cruz Berrios. They shouted orders at the mother to get out of the car.

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The mother and daughter believed the agents had been after her undocumented mother. That’s because ICE officers previously came to the family’s Westminster home twice but were denied entry each time.

“They didn’t have a warrant. They knew their rights. ICE went away,” said Halle Blitzstein, the mother’s Baltimore-based attorney.

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“I don’t need to show you the order,” an officer said in Spanish. Most of the video includes the officer speaking in Spanish, but the voice was barely audible in the video because the car window was partially rolled up.

“I’m not going to give you the order, it’s in the car,” the officer said just before the mother was taken from the car.

“No!” the daughter screamed. “You guys cannot take her just because you want to.”

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The government said that Berrios’ apprehension was driven in part because she is an associate of the violent gang MS-13, which has Salvadoran roots.

“Americans can rest assured that she is off our streets and locked up. I hope the media will stop doing the bidding of these gangs that murder, maim, rape, and terrorize Americans, while ignoring the innocent victims,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote in an email. McLaughlin did not respond to a request for details of Berrios’ alleged gang behavior.

Cruz Berrios and her mother’s attorney vehemently deny that Berrios has a connection to gang membership.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 3 days ago (3 children)

States need to start stepping up to protect their population. They can't legally prevent ICE from entering the state, but they can refuse to share information with them, pardon crimes, hand out informational pamphlets educating them on their rights, declare state of emergency if need be.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I do wonder how much further red and blue states can move away from each other before they un-unite.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It will come down to state budgets getting wrecked, not civil rights abuses. I also think they will coordinate and won't pull the trigger until they get multiple states ready to do it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I thought sheriffs had authority to get rid of federal agents and/or shoot them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Pardons doesn't matter in the eyes of USCIS.

Overturned and expunged convictions doesn't matter.

Even just arrests records without convictions are shown.

USCIS see them all.

Even arrests and "convictions" (technically its: called "Adjundicated Delinquent") for people under 18 are seen by USCIS, if it happened within the past 5 years.

And you are required to tell the truth. (Or else they can retroactivly anull your immigration benenifits, including naturalization)

And Juveniles doesn't have a right to jury trial.

So a 17 year old kids can be "Adjundicated Delinquent" by one corrupt judge, and the USCIS could use that info against them.

A small fight at school under 18? Well, they'll say you have a "violent" character because you have committed an act of "moral turpitude" and therefore inadmissible/deportable.

How do I know? I got into a fight in school (it was self-defence) and started googling laws and stuff. Was the most horrifying google searches in my life.

Charges ended up getting dropped, so I'm good. (ACAB)

Fuck this bullshit.

Luckily, my mother's Naturalization made me automatically a Citizen by Derivation. I can't imagine whay that other timeline would've looked like.