Deportation returns Arizona to the center of the national immigration debate

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Arizona is again at the center of the national debate over immigration enforcement, as one of the first people to be deported under President Trump’s expansive immigration policy was removed from the country last week.

Still reeling from the aftershocks of Arizona’s 2010 anti-immigration law, local and national Democratic politicians are struggling to figure out what Trump’s deportation policy will mean to local communities.

Guadalupe Garcia De Rayos, 36, an undocumented mother of two, was detained during a routine immigration check-in on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and deported the morning after according to a statement provided by ICE.

The deportation incited major protests that reverberated throughout the local and national community, sparking protests the following day and garnering statements from Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-AZ, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and Rep. Juan Vargas, D- San Diego.

In his statement, Stanton said that he is saddened by the events that transpired, and that he was not willing to work with Trump to facilitate further efforts.

Read more at AZ Capitol Times

Corrie O'Connor