Steve Yale-Loehr quoted in Gothamist on ICE workplace raids

In Feds Raided an Edison, NJ Workplace. Advocates Warn It Could Signal an ICE Escalation, Steve said it remains to be seen whether recent workplace raids were directed from top officials in Washington, DC, or “ just individual [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] offices who set different priorities in terms of who they go after and how many people to try to round up.” He noted comments from White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller calling for the arrests of as many as 3,000 immigrants daily. That high target, Steve said, would require federal agencies to expand their dragnet well beyond people with criminal records. “A raid on a manufacturing facility, or in this case a freight facility, can net you many more immigrants with the same amount of effort,” he noted.