Press Room Are Immigrants of Color Being Targeted for Deportation? | Are Immigrants of Color Being Targeted for Deportation? |
 Torn Apart series featured on The Root. An excerpt of ColorLines magazine’s special report on how the clampdown on immigration is tearing families apart.
Torn Apart by Deportation, by Julianne Ong Hing, Jorge Rivas and Seth Wessler. Here is an excerpt: One early morning five years ago, Calvin James walked outside the Jersey City apartment, where his girlfriend and 6-year-old son slept, to put the trash on the street for pickup. As soon as James, then 45, walked outside, he was greeted by four people jumping out of a black SUV. Dressed in uniforms with “ICE” printed on the back, they rushed him and demanded he confirm his name, then handcuffed and pulled James into the back of the SUV. >> Read more on The Root. Watch video and read the entire series here.
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