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HipChick

(25,612 posts) Fri Aug 25, 2017, 06:50 PM Aug 2017

Trump administration will check peoples papers as they evacuate from Hurricane Harvey.. [View all]

https://qz.com/1062835/hurricane-harvey-immigration-checkpoints-will-check-people-evacuating-in-texas/

Civil rights activists said the new policy was cruel. It also could result in avoidable fatalities, if some families with illegal immigrant members choose not to evacuate the storm zone.

“This is a disgusting move from the Border Patrol that breaks with past practices,” American Civil Liberties Union director of immigration policy and campaigns Lorella Praeli said. “The Border Patrol should never keep checkpoints open during any natural disasters in the United States. Everyone, no matter the color of their skin or background, is worth saving.”