It is time to abolish Ice. It cannot be reformed | Amy Gottlieb

Ice was created as part of the response to 9/11. There is no fix for an agency that was designed tear families and communities apart with little oversight

Every day I live with the terror that my husband Ravi will be taken away from me and permanently exiled from his home in the United States, where he has lived for almost 25 years.

Ravi is facing deportation because of a criminal conviction for wire fraud from almost 20 years ago, back when he had a green card. As a longtime immigration lawyer and immigrants’ rights advocate, I know our immigration laws are unforgiving. Just about anyone who has a criminal conviction is subject to deportation, without the possibility of ever returning. Ravi is one of thousands facing deportation for this reason, many of whom have been living in the US with permission for years.

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