Accompaniment at ICE HQ – Defend Blanca

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The community showed up for Blanca in Burlington in August. Now, one month later,Blanca is being ordered to return to Burlington ICE headquarters where again she faces the risk of being detained on the spot or being given a 2-week notice to self deport.

Her check-in comes right in the middle of another surge where masked and violent ICE agents flood our state to carry out mass arrests in heightened numbers. Blanca’s case is one of thousands of immigrants in Massachusetts alone who have been kidnapped by ICE or are at risk of being detained in just the last few months. Another kidnapping trap, ICE check-ins now carry increased risk of being detained on the spot. These federal actions do not make our streets safer, but rather terrorize us all. We need resources for what actually makes us all safe – housing, education, healthcare and good jobs

Blanca’s situation is especially acute because she is a survivor of childhood polio living with physical disabilities and mobility issues. Countless detainees describe being denied the medicines and medical care they rely on daily while in detention. Her potential detention or deportation would not only mean being ripped from family and community but probable physical suffering or even death without medical treatment.

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