EPortland, e-Oregon, ijele elisetshenziswa yi-Immigration and Customs Enforcement lihlala esakhiweni esingabhalwanga phansi ibekwe phakathi komgwaqo onguthelawayeka kanye nendawo ebheke ngasemanzini eningizimu yedolobha. Isakhiwo esinezitezi ezintathu esimnyama senze amafasitela abe mnyama futhi azikho izimpawu ezikhombayo. Ibiyelwe ngothango lwensimbi oluphakeme ngamamitha angu-8, igadwa indawo yokuhlola ukuphepha, namakhamera angaphandle ikhava yawo wonke ama-engeli.
Kusukela ngeSonto ebusuku, inqwaba yababhikishi ngaphansi kwesibhengezo se-#OccupyICEPDX bebelokhu begcina umlindelo ubusuku nemini ngaphandle kwejele. Bafuna kuqedwe i-ICE kanye nokuphela kwenqubomgomo yokuphatha kukaTrump yokuhlukanisa ngenkani izingane nabazali ababalekela umngcele wase-US emazweni acekelwe phansi udlame.
NgoMsombuluko abasebenzi be-ICE babonakale njengenjwayelo ukusebenzisa izinqubomgomo zokuxoshwa kukaTrump. Ekupheleni kosuku lokusebenza, isibalo sababhikishi senyuke safinyelela ku-70 futhi baqala ukusebenza.
Izimoto ezintathu ezinamafasitela amnyama ziphume egaraji zazama ukuphuma emnyango. Abanye ababhikishi abangamashumi amabili benza ulayini bavala izingalo. Egqolozele abashayeli, โBabavimbele ukuthi baphume kulesi sikhungo,โ kusho uJacob Bureros, ongumhleli we-Direct Action Alliance.
Izimoto zabuyela ngaphakathi egaraji lase-ICE. Amaphoyisa amabili oMnyango wezokuPhepha atheleke ezoxoxisana nababhikishi. UJenny Nickolaus, omunye umgqugquzeli weDAA, uthe idlanzana labantu lisebenzisana namaphoyisa ligqoke amavesti angangenwa izinhlamvu. Amaphoyisa amabili acele "indawo yokuhlala efanelekile kubabhikishi."
Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi lokho kusho ukuthini, kusho u-Nickolaus, amaphoyisa e-DHS anxusa ababhikishi โukuba bavumele izisebenzi zase-ICE ezingu-9 ezazivaleleke ngaphakathi ukuze zikwazi โukubuyela emakhaya emikhayeni yazo.โโ
Ababhikishi baqhuma intukuthelo โngenxa yokubhuqa okukuleyo nkulumo,โ kusho uNickolaus.
U-Bureros uthi, โAbantu baqala ukumemeza, โO, udinga ukuya ekhaya emindenini yakho? Kuthiwani ngemindeni eniyiphethe.โโ Ijele lase-ICE ePortland liklanyelwe ukuvalelwa isikhashana. Abokufika bavamise ukuthunyelwa zingakapheli izinsuku emabhasini aqhutshwa yiqembu le-GEO, usonkontileka ozimele wemboni yeziboshwa, ejele lesikhathi eside le-ICE eTacoma, eWashington.
Kwalandela izingxoxo ezingavamile namaphoyisa e-DHS. Ababhikishi batshele abasebenzi base-ICE ukuthi bamukelekile ukuthi "bahambe ngezinyawo," kodwa bazovimba izimoto. Amaphoyisa aphendula, โUma uvimba, kuzoboshwa,โ kusho uNickolaus.
Sekuzoshaya phakathi kwamabili, omunye umzamo womsebenzi we-ICE wokuxosha wamiswa ababhikishi abangaphezu kweshumi nambili ngaphandle kokuboshwa, kusho uBureros. Indawo yokungena engemuva kanye neseceleni kushiywe kungagadiwe ababhikishi, nokho. NgoLwesibili ntambama izimoto ezintathu zabantu eziphelezelwa ngamaphoyisa e-DHS ziphume ngemuva kwesikhungo. Kuboshwe oyedwa obevimbe indlela yabo, kusho abazibonele.
NgoLwesibili kusihlwa, amaphoyisa asePortland, abengekho, abonakale esebenza ngamandla. UCorbin, isishoshovu sendawo, uthi cishe amaphoyisa ayi-10 asePortland, kanye namaphoyisa e-DHS, akhe isibhamu emnyango oseceleni futhi elusa abasebenzi abahlanu bokugcina be-ICE bephuma esakhiweni njengoba ababhikishi bebegcwele phama bememeza, โKufanele ube namahloni.โ Abasebenzi base-ICE bahlanganiswe ezimotweni baxoshwa.
UCorbin uthi isimo sashuba ngesikhathi amaphoyisa egqoke izigqoko namavesti angangenwa izinhlamvu. "Kepha isixuku sakhululeka lapho amaphoyisa esehamba nabasele be-ICE."
Kepha ababhikishi baphumelele ukuvala ijele lase-ICE. Omunye wesifazane onezwi leSpanishi owathi uzama ukukhokha imali akavunyelwe ukungena esakhiweni. Unogada ongaphakathi uthe ibhilidi livaliwe futhi "Akwaziwa ukuthi lizovulwa nini."
Ngaphandle, ababhikishi bafunga ukuthi bazokwakhela phezu kwenhlangano yabo yokulwa ne-ICE. Ekuqaleni kwehlobo, inqwaba yezishoshovu, okuhlanganisa nentsha eningi egqoke izinto eziphikisana nobufascist, ithutheleka ngenjongo yokuqhubeka nomsebenzi ukuvimbela indawo ye-ICE ukuthi isebenze.
Ukulethwa kwe-pizza okuvela kubasekeli negrosa bekulokhu kutheleka kanye namavolontiya. U-Nickolaus ulinganisela ukuthi cishe abantu abangamakhulu amabili bazungeze isakhiwo, futhi sekumiswe okungenani amatende ayishumi nambili, kanye netende lekhomishana nezokwelapha. Iloli lendawo lika-ayisikhilimu laqhamuka lizonikeza amaswidi amahhala kubabhikishi lasebenzisa imoto yalo ukuvimba indlela engena esikhungweni se-ICE.
UNickolaus uthi, โAbantu bayakuthokozela ukuba lapha. Kukhona umuzwa wokuzwana. Lokhu kuphatha kuhlukanisa imindeni, futhi i-ICE iyakwenza. Lesi yisinqumo sethu sokukumisa.โ
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