As Homeland Security Investigations in Puerto Rico does not rule out immigration enforcement operations at universities, professors, students and staff still do not know how to respond if agents intervene on campus.
The unexpected visit by Department of Homeland Security agents to a cultural space in Chicago's Puerto Rican neighborhood of Humboldt Park has alarmed a community already wary of the federal government's escalating immigration policies.
Immigration lawyers and advocacy groups are sounding the alarm over widespread violations of immigrant rights in Puerto Rico, driven by racial profiling practices carried out by both local law enforcement and federal immigration agents.
Roundups of undocumented immigrants in Puerto Rico have been on the rise, according to immigration attorneys, as the federal government’s lack of transparency keeps Puerto Ricans in the dark about the number of people affected and the impact of Trump’s anti-immigrant policies