IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jose Luis Garcia was watering his lawn and drinking his morning coffee outside his home in Southern California last Sunday [6-10-18] when federal immigration authorities showed up. Mr. Garcia — a 62-year-old Mexican immigrant who has been a legal resident since the 1980s, according to his family — shouted for help. He spilled his coffee on the sidewalk as agents arrested him, said his daughter Natalie Garcia, who ran outside and saw her father handcuffed. She said the authorities told her they had a warrant for his arrest related to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge that was resolved nearly two decades ago…A week later, Mr. Garcia was still being held by immigration officials, and his family was preparing to spend Father’s Day without him. Mr. Garcia and his family are among those who have been swept up in the Trump administration’s immigration policy, which cracks down not only on undocumented immigrants but also on legal residents. The administration makes it a priority to remove those who have pending criminal charges or any convictions in their past.”
-Sarah Mervosh, “A Legal Resident, an Arrest by ICE and Father’s Day in Jail,” The New York Times online, June 17, 2018