The Evansville Immigrant Welcome and Resource Center is speaking out after last week’s ICE raids. WNIN’s John Gibson reports:
The center says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained at least a dozen individuals in the Evansville-Henderson area between last Monday and Wednesday.
The agency said the detained included people with prior removal orders, as well as others who were questioned in public and taken into custody.
Community and family reports indicate some residents were detained at their workplaces and in public spaces, including a gas station, a sidewalk near a childcare center, and a parking lot.
The IWRC says others were detained at home, sometimes in front of children.
None of the detentions involved local police or sheriff departments.
Several individuals were transported to the Hopkins County Jail in Madisonville.
The raids were part of the Trump administration’s nationwide effort to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants.
More: The Resource Center says it continues to offer services for immigrants.