By james art 
In a park with trailers in Jefferson County, knocking on the door prompted a bizarreness on the other side and the muted tufts of small legs flee.
It was around 10:30 on Wednesday and the kids were at home, fearing that US immigration and customs agents would wait at school to take them away.
A boy who appeared not older than 12 barely opened his door open to talk. He said that he and his friends were staying home from school and that the only ones who go to class were those born in the United States.
“Every time I see a car, I turn off the TV and run from the back of his home,” he said.
Despite rumors about the contrary, ICE did not appear at the school of Jefferson K-12 or the office of the school area in Monticello, a small town located right east of Talahasi.
Jefferson’s school chief Jackie Pons spent Wednesday morning at the school near the drop -off, talking to parents and assuring them that their children would be safe at school. He told the USA Today Florida-Network that he had not contacted any of the ice.
“Some of the information that came out created a lot of anxiety,” Pons said.
The previous day, investigations into US internal security in the Talahasi and the Florida highway patrol detained 12 people in Jefferson County, believed that the authorities were to reside illegally in Florida. The Florida and Motor Highway Safety Department has published blurred photos of the detainees, some of the handcuffs, in social media, along with a promise of “performing the illegal term of Trump immigration!”
Also, on Tuesday, GOP legislators in Capitol accepted “The fight and reform of illegal migration policy” or Trump to act in a short but drama special session.
Department called the measure “weak”, although this will necessarily require the death penalty for immigrants who enter illegally and commit a capital crime as a murder. The governor, whose own proposal was interrupted by the legislators, will probably impose it on the veto.
Less than two weeks after President Donald Trump – which the campaign of a promise of mass deportations – took office for his second term, fear and panic have spread through immigrant communities in the Talahasi and the nation.
Rumors of raids and circles in restaurants, companies, schools and construction sites have flooded Facebook and other social media platforms. Text messages with horrible warnings are also distributed in the Spanish community.
“Immigration is in the city,” said one of the texts. “They take people to jobs. Warning everyone. “
At least one Florida Panhandell resident sharply deported
Many auditory ice operations remain unverified. However, there are hints of increased administration in Talahasi and confirming at least one sudden deportation of a person from Panhandell back to Mexico.
The County County County County County County Report showed 23 different incidents in Commonwealth’s Ice Compound on Business Drive, all related to negligence fees. Tammy Spicer, a spokesman for the Ministry of Homeland Security, said he could not provide information on LCSO reports or 12 people who were detained in Jefferson County.
“At that time, the increased interest in our mission means that we are not able to explore and confirm/refute any action of law enforcement,” she said in an email.
The Washington Post reported that Stephen Miller, the head of the White House on politics, confirmed on Tuesday that ICE employees said each of his field offices should carry out at least 75 arrests per day, a figure that he described to CNN as “floor, not ceiling.”
Ice has field offices in several cities in Florida, including Miami, Orlando and Tampa, according to the Agency’s website. Ice also has an office in Talahasi, located on Commonwealth Business Drive, which includes a registration center and a holding area for people arrested or detained.
On Tuesday, a man in ordinary clothing, dressed in a badge, came out of the ice office and spoke briefly with a reporter about the activity of application in the Talahasi area.
“It’s happening every day – it’s over the last eight to 10 years,” the officer said.
Talahassi immigration attorneys Neil Rambana and Elizabeth Ritchie said they had learned on Wednesday a client from the Milton area, who was sharply deported after summary in Texas.
“He was visiting some people in Texas and was surrounded by some other people, and here’s (his) employer called me today and said he was done in Mexico,” Rambana said on Wednesday afternoon.
The man was in the immigration court and went through the deportment process, in which a judge would consider whether he would be allowed to stay in the United States, Rabana said. He had entered the country many years ago without documentation, but was authorized to work here.
He was not sure about the exact circumstances surrounding the man’s deportation. But he said that he and Ritchie were trying to train the public about the difference between Varants for the DVS, which allow agents to take unscrupulous people if they were in a public place and court orders, which would include a probable reason for finding.
“You cannot enter their home, you cannot enter their vehicle, you cannot enter their business unless you have a court order that will be signed by a judge,” Rambana said. “It’s very important for people to understand.”
A woman helping an untamed mother and child: “She is afraid”
In a suburban house in Talahasi, two little boys – one, one, the son of the undocumented immigrants – playing together on the floor of the living room as the dinosaur of the toy emits an electronic roar. When a reporter arrived, the mother of one of the young children disappeared with him in the back bedroom.
The woman, her husband and their son, all of whom were native to El Salvador, lived in a mobile home park in Talahasi, but left Monday after hearing a reported but unconfirmed ice of the attack there. They were taken from another couple, and both US citizens living elsewhere in the city.
The woman who helped them said that her friend had not seen immigration agents knocking on doors or taking people in a mobile home park. However, she said a neighbor had handed over this information to the family.
“They escaped,” she said. “This mom, she is afraid she will lose the boy. If they raise their mother and dad … how will they feel if they put it themselves, without anyone, with anyone? “
She said the family had gone to the United States legally a few years ago, but has never finished the process to stay. She said she hoped to get the boy’s guardianship, so if his parents were deported, she could bring it to them later.
“I want to be an angel to cover everyone,” the friend said.
Immigration lawyer: Unjustified rumors in social media “so dangerous”
Feeding some of the anxiety was reports flying around on social media. In recent days, noise of photos and publications in the emissions of at least one group of Latinos on Facebook in the Talahassi area has emerged.
Publications in the last few days include videos of law enforcement to unmarked SUVs on parking lots and on the side of the road – along with warning messages. One publication showed the outside of Shevron gas station.
“They just stay there, I don’t know what they plan, but be careful to go there,” the publication said.
Elsewhere on Facebook, someone who posts on behalf of the Silver Lake meat market on the Blountstown highway, asked people to “stop spreading fake information.”
“Please, if you drive in front and see police cars in front, it’s because they eat in business, not because it’s ice,” the publication said. “This affects all businesses, please try to be well informed before you say something.”
Richie said the spread of unfounded information does not help the situation.
“People dressed (social media)” I heard this, I heard it, “she said. “It’s so dangerous. I have not heard any of these things first -hand and I will not tell people things that could simply cause anxiety and cost money and create problems for families. “
Some students took out schools in Leon County because of the fears of ice
There are other signs of concerns in the capital, spread through immigrants and minority communities.
Schools at Leon County said there were no signs of ice agents in any of its campuses. However, an employee in the district told the Democrats that several students had been removed from school due to fears of implementation.
Richie was heard from a professor at Florida State University, who said the parking lot in their department was “basically empty”, although most students are legal here with visas. A friend from Puerto Rica called her with concerns – although she was a US citizen.
“The fear that is happening right now is not only among the undocumented immigrants,” Richie said. “People are worried because they do not” look American “and think that someone will arrest them, separate them from their family, lose their jobs. Whether it’s true or not, people feel these things. “
Contact Jeff Burlew at [email protected] or 850-599-2180. Ana Goñi-Outsan, a USA Today Network-Florida state-owner, can be found at [email protected].