Alder Rebecca Kemble
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Joint Statement of Mayor Soglin and Madison Common Council Regarding Recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Action in the Area
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents completed a four-day Wisconsin"enforcement surge". Twenty residents of Madison were taken without notice. We speak collectively in calling these recent actions what they clearly are: racist and xenophobic.
We are heartbroken as we consider the plight of our Madison residents who were literally taken from their homes, their place of work or, in some cases, parking lots. These are our friends and neighbors, who, with the rest of Wisconsin, live, work and raise their families. Although these terrifying multiday ICE actions appear to be over, at least for now, the wording of the release from ICE officials criminalizes our community and creates a false narrative about our immigrant communities. We know better. Immigrants are productive members of our neighborhoods, our schools, our communities and our state, providing services in area businesses, paying taxes and trying to raise their children, just like the rest of us.
Our families and our children have been terrorized and traumatized. We join with the Latino Consortium for Action, Dane County Immigration Collaborative and Voces de la Frontera whenthey collectively stated, "These ICE actions have had a horrific effect on our community that will last long after they leave. We are continuing to work to support our communities and families."
This federal administration is already under scrutiny and criticism for separating children from parents. Clearly that practice continues. The continued policy of family separation and detention is not American, it is not part of the welcoming community we strive to be. Our country is a country of immigrants, we have welcomed each other for hundreds of years. We join with Senator Tammy Baldwin, Congressman Mark Pocan and other caring members of our federal congressional delegation in strongly opposing this action.
Attachment: copy of a press release issued yesterday by ICE
Comunicado de prensa
Agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de los Estados Unidos (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) completaron un "aumento en sus actividades correspondientes" durante cuatro días en Wisconsin. Veinte residentes de Madison fueron detenidos sin previo aviso. Hablamos colectivamente al llamar estas recientes acciones como lo que claramente son: racistas y xenófobas.
Estamos desconsolados al considerar el sufrimiento de nuestros residentes de Madison que fueron literalmente sacados de sus hogares, de su lugar de trabajo o, en algunos casos, de zonas de estacionamiento. Estos son nuestros amigos y vecinos, que, con el resto de residentes de Wisconsin, viven, trabajan y sacan adelante a sus familias. Aunque estas acciones aterradoras por parte de ICE durante varios días parecen haber terminado, al menos por ahora, las palabras usadas en comunicado de prensa de ICE criminaliza a nuestra comunidad y crea una falsa narrativa sobre nuestras comunidades inmigrantes. Nosotros sabemos mejor que nadie. Los inmigrantes son miembros productivos de nuestros vecindarios, de nuestras escuelas, de nuestras comunidades y de nuestro estado. Ellos brindan servicios en establecimientos en el área, pagan impuestos y tratan de criar a sus hijos, al igual que el resto de nosotros.
Nuestras familias y nuestros hijos han sido aterrorizados y traumatizados. Nos unimos al Consorcio Latino para la Acción, a la Colaboración de Inmigración del Condado de Dane y a Voces de la Frontera, cuando manifestaron colectivamente "Estas acciones de ICE han tenido un efecto terrible en nuestra comunidad que durará mucho después que se hayan ido. Seguimos trabajando para apoyar a nuestras comunidades y a nuestras familias".
Esta administración federal ya se encuentra bajo escrutinio y crítica por separar a los niños de sus padres. Ésa práctica claramente continúa. La constante política de separación y detención familiar no es estadounidense, no es parte de la comunidad acogedora que procuramos ser. Nuestro país es un país de inmigrantes, nos hemos dado la bienvenida unos a otros por cientos de años. Nos unimos a la Senadora Tammy Baldwin, al Congresista Mark Pocan y a otros miembros solidarios de nuestra delegación federal del Congreso en una fuerte oposición a esta acción.
Adjunto: copia del comunicado de prensa emitido ayer por ICE

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