ACLU is set to create a ‘rapid response team’ to stop illegal immigrants getting deported under the Trump administration
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched the new specialist team
The team will pair foreign nationals with private law firms or community groups
It has launched in response to Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration
More than 160 foreign nationals were detained in Los Angeles alone last week
By GARETH DAVIES
DailyMail.com
13 February 2017
ACLU is set to create a rapid response team to stop illegal immigrants getting deported under the Trump administration.
The not-for-profit American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has seen membership and donations soar since the White House’s executive order on migration blocking travel for citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries.
As the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) closes in on migrants, the group is launching a special unit to make sure those facing deportation are given access to counsel immediately.
More than 160 foreign nationals were detained in Los Angeles alone last week, according to ABC, but ICE Field Office Director David Marin said they were nothing our of the ordinary.
Despite the Obama administration deporting a record 2.5million people to earn himself the nickname Deporter in Chief among rights activists, the ACLU predict things will only get worse under Trump.
The group’s senior attorney Lee Gelernt told ABC News: ‘This administration is just getting started and we’re anticipating much worse.
‘His rhetoric is already scaring a lot of people in immigrant communities.’
Trump’s immigration move has been vehemently opposed by some civilians who have staged protests all over the world.
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