Following the detention of a mother by ICE on November 5th during a check-in appointment, an Encanto family is speaking out and spreading awareness. Rosali Stovell says that Blanca, her 65-year-old mother, was arrested, is currently being held at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility, and is facing deportation threats.

According to the Stovell family, Blanca started applying for citizenship during the Biden administration three years ago. Stovell says that during her immigration check-in appointment, her mother was detained because of a previous deportation decades prior, rather than having her packet reviewed.

The Stovell family had hoped that she would be shielded by the military parole program, but it has been curtailed under the Trump administration.

ICE thugs are tearing apart more families than ever before. Families are being split up on a daily basis. Residents of San Diego are fighting back because they are sick of living in fear. We are tired of our community being dehumanized.

We will not stop until the attacks on immigrants end and ICE is permanently abolished. We know a better, more just world is possible. In a socialist government, ICE wouldn’t exist. The tides are turning against this racist regime.

Source: FOX 5 San Diego News
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