Aumenta el miedo en la comunidad inmigrante

SANTA CLARITA, CA - FEBRUARY 05: A woman (L) puts her hands over her mouth as she watches the fate of her father as Sheriff Deputies makes arrests while detaining about 52 predominantly Latino immigrant workers inside a DVD manufacturing plant as they investigate a possible identity fraud case on February 5, 2009 in Santa Clarita, California. Immigrant workers often complain that they are scrutinized harshly by law enforcement officers. According to a February 4 report by the Washington-based think tank, Migration Policy Institute, the vast majority of immigrants arrested in a federal program to target dangerous criminals and fugitives actually had no criminal records. Although the original stated mission was to capture dangerous criminals and fugitives instead of non criminal undocumented workers, 73 percent of the nearly 97,000 people arrested in fugitive operations between 2003 and early 2008 had no criminal records. US immigration authorities hailed the program as a success and the Department of Homeland Security received congressional support and funds to expand it for more than five years. Internal memos reportedly indicate that in 2006, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials changed its focus from seeking criminals and fugitives to increasing the arrest numbers. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)