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Children at risk: Between February and April, HSI investigators worked around 33% fewer hours in cases of child exploitation than the average of previous years. In one of the most sensitive cases, the withdrawal of agents for migratory tasks hindered the identification and rescue of a child victim of sexual abuse.

The budget gear: The budget of ICE, the agency responsible for immigration and customs, is expected to nearly triple, with a 66% increase in the number of agents, on track to become the most funded law enforcement organization in the US.

Charlotte, new target of deportations, and the warning whistles

DHS expanded the offensive to Charlotte, North Carolinawith an operation called “Charlotte’s Web”. On the first day, Border Patrol agents arrested 81 people.

Intimidation tactics: Churches and businesses, such as bakeries, closed their doors to protect immigrants. The operation commander, Gregory Bovinowhich had already led actions in Chicago and Los Angeles, celebrated the balance as “a success”.

Chicago, Resistance Laboratory: In Chicagothe epicenter of migratory repression, the tactic of “Whistlemania”. Residents carry orange whistles to sound the alert when ICE or CBP appear, shows a report from the Associated Press agency. The activist Baltazar Enriquez claims that the whistles “saved people from being kidnapped and illegally imprisoned”.