Volunteer Group Mobilizes to Monitor ICE Activity at Polling Places
The Board of Elections at 1700 Morse Street in downtown Columbus, Ohio, is an early-voting site for next week’s midterm elections—and sits in the middle of a Volunteer group is mobilizing to monitor Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity at polling places during the midterm elections in response to threats from the Trump administration. The Board of Elections in downtown Columbus, Ohio, is an early-voting site and sits in the middle of a Somali American community targeted by ICE in Operation Buckeye last December. The operation was intended to find "the worst illegal alien of the worst criminals" and resulted in small arrests. The response includes training sessions led by national organizations such as Common Cause, the American Civil Liberties Union and Indivisible, local groups including Living United for Change in Arizona and NorCal Resist. Volunteers are trained to document, log and report sightings of federal immigration agents and share information through WhatsApp groups. The Department of Homeland Security has stated that ICE does not plan to send agents to polling places on Election Day.
Опубликовано : 4 часа назад от Igor Mitreski в Politics World
The Board of Elections at 1700 Morse Street in downtown Columbus, Ohio, is an early-voting site for next week’s midterm elections—and sits in the middle of a large Somali American community targeted b... [3089 symbols]
