ICE arrests of Afghans are on the rise in the wake of National...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : " In Sacramento, Afghan men arrived one by one to the ICE office Dec. 1 after being asked to immediately report there, drawing the attention of volunteers who have been at the federal building for more than six months to monitor ICE activities and alert immigrants.
61% : Garcia said she listened through the wall of the waiting room at the ICE office and heard agents handcuff the father of the family she was helping.
53% : On a recent afternoon, Giselle Garcia, a volunteer who has been helping an Afghan family resettle, drove the father to a check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
52% : In Sacramento, home to one of the nation´s largest Afghan communities, volunteers monitoring ICE activities say they witnessed at least nine arrests at the federal building last week after Afghan men received calls to check in there.
49% : " Her organization's volunteers witnessed ICE arrest six Afghans that day.
49% : Wahida Noorzad is an immigration attorney in Northern California who has two Afghan clients who were arrested last week by ICE.
47% : The moment the father stepped into the ICE office in California's capital city, he was arrested.
44% : Rohullah R., who did not want his face to be shown or to disclose his last name out of fear of ICE, is photographed at his home in North Highlands, Calif., Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.
44% : Rohullah R., who did not want his face to be shown or to disclose his last name out of fear of ICE, is photographed at his home in North Highlands, Calif., Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.

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