Ohio Immigrant Alliance (OIA) just released a report, based on publicly-available data, showing that more than 214 people are currently behind bars due to the ICE raids in Columbus — and 80 percent are Latino.
In the accompanying press release, OIA and other leaders describe the violent tactics ICE is using and remind the public that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE have yet to denounce the criminals within their own ranks. Right now, Cincinnati ICE Assistant Field Office Director Samuel Saxon is incarcerated in the Butler County Jail on a series of violent charges.
Said Lynn Tramonte, Executive Director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, “The violent predators in our community work for ICE. The Columbus raids are an attempt by the Trump administration to distract us from the true problem — people with power who think they can use it against others and get away with it. ICE agents like Samuel Saxon and Andrew Golobic, who have abused women for years. Agents like the one who knelt on a pregnant woman and dragged her through the street in Minnesota, who recently came to Columbus to raid this community. They are not here to make Columbus better. They are bringing violence. When Columbus leaders said ICE makes our communities less safe and we don’t need them here, that is exactly what they meant.”…