Post by Logan on Mar 21, 2017 12:01:52 GMT -6
Cinco de Mayo parade canceled over Trump immigration crackdown fears
PHILADELPHIA -- Organizers of an annual Cinco de Mayo festival in Philadelphia have canceled this year's celebration over fears of an immigration crackdown, according to a report by NBC10.
El Carnaval de Puebla usually attracts about 15,000 attendees, according to organizers, but recent reports of increased arrests of unauthorized immigrants led planners to cancel because of "the severe conditions affecting the immigrant community," officials told the station.
Reports of immigration raids and rumors of ICE checkpoints and sweeps have spread among immigrant communities nationwide in the last few months.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced this week that it had arrested 248 people in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia in the last two weeks.
Read more: www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/03/cinco_de_mayo_parade_canceled_over_trump_immigration_crackdown_fears.html
PHILADELPHIA -- Organizers of an annual Cinco de Mayo festival in Philadelphia have canceled this year's celebration over fears of an immigration crackdown, according to a report by NBC10.
El Carnaval de Puebla usually attracts about 15,000 attendees, according to organizers, but recent reports of increased arrests of unauthorized immigrants led planners to cancel because of "the severe conditions affecting the immigrant community," officials told the station.
Reports of immigration raids and rumors of ICE checkpoints and sweeps have spread among immigrant communities nationwide in the last few months.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced this week that it had arrested 248 people in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia in the last two weeks.
Read more: www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/03/cinco_de_mayo_parade_canceled_over_trump_immigration_crackdown_fears.html