Washington – When federal officials announced the opening of a new detention center for unspecified immigrants in Florida, called “crocodile Alkatraz”, he said that it would be focused on scoring individuals with a criminal record – people have said that President Trump and Border Caesar Tom Homan. “The worst worst.” However, many people who have been closed at the Florida Everglade Detention Center have not had criminal records, have learned by CBS News.
Elegator Alkatraz’s some prisoners are “Dreams” like Edgar, which are more than a half million The beneficiaries of Obama-eagle took action for childhood arrival policyOr DACA, the federal program that brought the unspecified as children to America to live and work in the country without fear of exile.
Edgar arrived in the US in 2001 when he was 13 years old and today the father of three American citizens. In June, he was detained after a traffic stop and became one of the first prisoners sent to “Elegator Alkatraz”.
“When he was arrested and taken to him there, I was really worried about his life,” Edgar’s brother told CBS News.
As the Trump administration continued its immigration crack, the number of illegal crossings along the southern border reached last month. A record low About 4,600. At the same time, June was a record-high number of migrants, detained by American immigration and customs enforcement-rehabited 59,000.
Federal statistics received by CBS News In June, it was shown that about half – or 47% – those detained by ice had a criminal record deficiency, and less than 30% were blamed for any offense.
Ice deputy director Madison Sheehan told CBS News on Tuesday that none of the people who have not been detained in Elegator Alkatraz are from the accident.
“These are the people who illegally commit crime against the United States by entering this country,” Sheihan said in an interview in Washington. Being unspecified is a civil violation of the immigration law, not a criminal offense.
Immigration Attorney Rachel Ebond told CBS News that he was concerned about the example, asking, “Does it mean that every dreamer is subject to exile because [Department of Homeland Security] His mind changed? ,
Edgar has been transferred to another feature in Florida since then, and his family says they feel helpless.
“The fact is that he is being deprived of his freedom … that makes me feel that my hands are tied,” his mother said in Spanish.
In a video call with CBS News organized by his family, Edgar said that the government made a mistake when he arrested him and sent him “crocodile Alkatraz”.
“In fact there are people who are innocent like me,” Edgar said, who asked that CBS News does not use its real name or does not show his face.
He also said that he had asked the officials to arrest that he was a DACA recipient and his situation was active.
“He (ICE) said that DACA was canceled, that I would not give any chance to live in the country,” he said.
Edgar and his lawyer told CBS News that they do not know why they were being detained. When asked why he feels that he is still in a detention facility, Edgar said that he believes that “it is like a torture and tries to try to deport yourself.”
According to another snow, among the estimated 100,000 people, who were deported earlier this year, 70,583 were convicted. document Last month was obtained by CBS News. Most documented violations were for traffic or immigration offenses. It is not clear how many of them were part of the DACA program.
DHS spokesman Trisia McLaghlan told CBS News that unspecified immigrants say they are DACA beneficiaries who are not automatically safe from exile.
“DACA does not provide any form of legal status in this country,” McLaghlanon said. “Any illegal foreigner who is a DACA recipient can be subject to arrest and exile for several reasons, in which they commit crimes.”
CBS News reviewed Edgar’s record and found that he was not facing criminal allegations.
