Has Immigration Become Modern Day Slavery?

Published: March 5, 2019, 2 p.m.

b"TodaysSpecial Guest: Dr. Elijah Nicholas, Armando Trull\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\tThe\\xa0U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement\\xa0(ICE) is a law enforcement agency of the federal government of the United States created during President George W. Bush administration\\xa0in March of 2003\\xa0tasked to enforce immigration laws\\xa0of the United States and to investigate criminal and terrorist activity of foreign nationals\\xa0residing in the United States.[2]\\xa0ICE has two primary components: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). HSI\\u2019s mission is the criminal investigation of transnational criminal organizations that illegally exploit America's travel, trade, financial and immigration systems. ERO\\u2019s mission is to identify, arrest, and remove immigrants\\xa0who illegally entered the U.S. ERO deportation officers are sometimes identified as \\u201cICE agents,\\u201d.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\tFrom the growing number of ICE\\xa0Detention Centers\\xa0in the southern parts of the U.S\\xa0which many are starting to reference as concentration camps, over 3,000\\xa0minor children have been documented as\\xa0separated\\xa0from their families\\xa0of Mexican Immigrants, attempting to cross\\xa0and enter the U.S- Mexico Border as well as unprecedented reports of sexual assault."