On Monday, news stories from New York City reported that agents of an immigration agency had appeared at a public school in Queens. Initial reports assumed that the agents were from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) component that apprehends and removes immigrants without status from the United States. DHS and ICE quickly clarified, however, that the agents were from another DHS component, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). That agency is responsible for adjudicating applications for immigration benefits.
The appearance of USCIS adjudications officers at a public school caused outcry on social media and from some politicians. The initial reaction was a perfect illustration of the way in which anxieties of communities with immigrant populations can be easily inflamed. Because of the president’s rhetoric and the administration’s making all undocumented immigrants a priority for removal, an otherwise routine government activity was initially reported as an escalation of enforcement against the undocumented population.
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