In this article, It is not my intent to place judgment on the current administration. I intend to state the facts as they are presented on unbiased websites. 

Community leaders have begun to issue warnings to residents of various towns where ICE agents have been spotted, according to WFSB. Currently those towns are East Hartford, Bridgeport, the Willimantic section of Windham, New London, Park Street in Hartford and Stamford. According to the Migration Policy Institute, it's estimated that Connecticut currently includes over 113,000 undocumented immigrants, which are immigrants who don't possess a valid visa. Do you believe these undocumented immigrants should be rounded up and deported and why?

According to FOX61, the American Civil Liberties Union states that ICE agents cannot enter your home without a valid warrant signed by a judge. Additionally, Bridgeport schools issued an official statement to residents, clarifying that ICE agents do not have the authority to enter school buildings, buses, or school events unless they have written authorization from the school superintendent. There has been no official word on how many of these raids resulted in detentions. According to ctinsider.com, this is the opinion of Connecticut Attorney General William Tong:

“This is a war on American families waged by a President with zero respect for our Constitution. We will sue imminently, and I have every confidence we will win. The 14th Amendment says what it means, and it means what it says—if you are born on American soil, you are an American. Period. Full stop. There is no legitimate legal debate on this question."

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As of January 24, 2025, according to the National Immigration Law Center, the Department of Homeland Security has broadened its process, which is called "expedited removal." This means that the government now has the right to deport someone believed to be undocumented immediately. Before the current president took office, an undocumented immigrant was allowed to see an Immigration judge BEFORE they were deported.

First Groups Of Deportees Of New Trump Era Are Sent Back To Mexico
Getty Images - NOGALES, MEXICO - JANUARY 21: Long lines of cars waiting to enter the United States at the DeConcini Port of Entry on January 21, 2025, from Nogales, Mexico. Motorists said the wait was especially long, a day after incoming U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency at the U.S. southern border, halting asylum claims and launching a campaign of mass deportations. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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These are the facts according to an extensive research study by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), which found comprehensive evidence that over the last 140 years, immigrants living in the United States were far less likely to be imprisoned than natural citizens. The study went on to explain that immigrants are 30% LESS likely to be jailed than a U.S.-born individual who is white.

FACT: According to pewresearch.org, the United States is home to one-fifth of the world's international migrants. From 1890 to 1919, nearly 90% of immigrants who arrived in the U.S. came from Europe. As of 2022, 77% of immigrants in the United States are here legally. Here's something to think about. If your grandparents or great-grandparents hadn't migrated to the United States from Italy, Austria-Hungary, Latin America, along with other sections of Europe in the early 1900s, you might never have had the opportunity to become a citizen of the United States of America.

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