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https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3A100203houston_lg.jpg; By U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), www.ice.gov. Please credit by saying \"Photo Courtesy of ICE\". [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the newspaper was full of articles like this one: \u00a0\u201cTrump rhetoric has created \u2018atmosphere of terror\u2019 for immigrants, advocate says<\/a>,\u201d which reported that<\/p>\n

Chicago\u2019s enforcement office made 235 arrests across six states \u2014 Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Kansas and Missouri \u2014 during an operation that began Feb. 4 and concluded Friday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Gail Montenegro said. Forty-eight of those arrests occurred in the Chicago area.<\/p>\n

For immigrants still shaken by President Donald Trump\u2019s ban last month on travel from seven largely Muslim countries, news of the raids, as well as rumors of federal agents\u2019 inquiries into immigration status on sidewalks and in businesses, has stripped away their sense of security.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The stories go on to say that those arrested are, in fact, criminals, and often those who had previously been deported and returned. \u00a0But illegal-immigration advocates spoke of the masses of illegal immigrants being terrified. \u00a0A story on the TV news focused on a pastor promising church members that the church would be a \u201csanctuary\u201d if the feds came for them. \u00a0The fear described seemed so out of proportion to the actual arrests of people \u201cconvicted on charges such as prostitution, DUI, cocaine possession, burglary, criminal sexual assault, assault, and aggravated sexual abuse of a minor.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, poking around on twitter, I finally found out the background: \u00a0people had been posting on facebook and twitter the following claim (per NPR<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my regulars has a contact inside ICE and just told me there are mass raids planned for Chicago this week. Round-up quota is 20k people. They\u2019re mostly targeting schools, churches, etc. One of the neighborhoods on the list was Pilsen.\u201d Also: \u201cHomeland Security is checking IDs on the red line for Hispanic or Middle Eastern appearance, heads up everyone.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A little searching on twitter turned up tweets by @WendEclair<\/a>, @El_Philippe<\/a>, @UghxLifeXX666<\/a>, \u00a0and others. \u00a0No telling if this is all, or the tip of the iceberg, with more rumormongering on facebook or shared by text, or even (yeah, I know!) in person, or whether the same thing was happening outside of Chicago.<\/p>\n

Who started this? How many people passed this on because they genuinely believed it, how many because rumors\u00a0of round-ups would help them with their cause?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3A100203houston_lg.jpg; By U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), www.ice.gov. Please credit by saying \u201cPhoto Courtesy of ICE\u201d. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, the newspaper was full of articles like this one: \u00a0\u201cTrump rhetoric has created \u2018atmosphere of terror\u2019 for immigrants, advocate says,\u201d which reported that Chicago\u2019s enforcement office made 235 arrests across six states \u2014 Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Kansas and Missouri \u2014 during an operation that began Feb. 4 and concluded Friday, U.S. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":6036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[463],"class_list":["post-6035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-illegal-immigration"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy the immigration-raid fear? 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