ARRESTED IN AMERICA
HUFFINGTON
02.02.14
HUMBERTA CAMPOS
Many in the movement
are especially upset that
the administration is
locking up and deporting
people like Campos —
taxpaying parents of
American children who
pose no obvious threat
to public safety.
use his executive powers to stop
the detention and deportation
of undocumented people. Last
month, the facility made news
when eight demonstrators were
arrested after blocking a road to
the building, joining scores of
other protesters who have been
arrested at similar rallies around
the country since September.
Although these demonstrators
have been calling for an end to all
deportations, many in the movement are especially upset that the
administration is locking up and
deporting people like Campos —
taxpaying parents of American
children who pose no obvious
threat to public safety.
“Deportations are breaking up
families at a cost to taxpayers
and at the risk of emotional and
mental damage to young people
who won’t forget how their parents are treated,” said B. Loewe,
an organizer with the National
Day Labor Organizing Network,
one of the groups that orchestrated the Elizabeth demonstration. “Imagine what it’s like to
go to bed at night knowing that
the president has your dad in jail
for no one reason other than that
he came to this country to make
sure you had a better life.”
Eight demonstrators were
arrested after blocking access
to the Elizabeth detention center
in December.
In his 24 years
in the U.S.,
Campos has
worked hard,
paid his taxes
and raised
his American
family.