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Washington, DC: Her wrists were shackled. her thigh. Her calfet.

Ximena Arias Cristobal, 19, is still haunted by the experience even after leaving immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) custody.

The Georgia college student said she is still struggling with how her life has changed almost a month after her arrest. She was stopped early in the morning for a quick red light crossing. She was soon aware that she was in a detention facility and was scheduled to appear in court.

I’ll never forget that experience,” she says. Arias Cristobal recounting her time spent at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, said at a news conference on Tuesday that it had left a lasting impression on both emotionally and mentally.

Knowing that millions of others have experienced and are still experiencing the same level of pain is what makes it hurt more, she added.

According to rights advocates, her case serves as an example of a “dragnet” deportation policy in the country, which targets people from all backgrounds regardless of their criminal history.

President Donald Trump had promised to “expel” “criminals” who were in the country “illegally” during his second campaign.

However, critics claim that immigration agents are targeting immigrants from a variety of backgrounds, despite the fact that they pose the least risk as he launches his “mass deportation” campaign from the White House.

According to Vanessa Cardenas, the executive director of America’s Voice, an immigration advocacy group, “the quotas that they are pushing for]are] creating this situation on the ground where ICE is literally just trying to go after anyone they can catch.”

She explained that among the most vulnerable groups are young, undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers.”

“We’re getting long-established, deeply rooted Dreamers and other people who have been in the United States for a long time,” Cardenas explained.

a group at risk

Arias Cristobal, a 3.6 million people known as “dreamers,” is a devoted runner who attends Dalton State College and studies nbsp, finance, and economics. Many were brought here as children, some with family members, and others with their own.

The US government has struggled to deal with these young, undocumented arrivals for decades.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a new executive policy, was introduced by then-President Barack Obama in 2012. Younger immigrants who had been living in the US since June 2007 were granted temporary deportation protection.

DACA protection covers approximately 530, 000 Dreamers. However, TheDream’s leader, Gaby Pacheco, According to the US, that figure only accounts for a small portion of the population of young people who might be deported overall.

Some applicants arrived after the June 15, 2007, deadline for submission, while others were unable to apply. In recent years, new application processing has been halted. The federal court system is still flooded with legal disputes related to DACA.

“Sadly, there have been several Dreams in recent months. According to Pacheco, US scholars and alumni have been detained, detained, or even deported.

She noted that 90% of the Dreamers whose organizations support them in their first year of higher education are denied protections by DACA or other programs.

Overall, she claimed, the recent months have revealed the “painful truth” that “Dreamers are under attack.”

establishing quotas

However, Pacheco and others warn that the Trump administration’s initial months may be just a blip.

The Trump administration’s daily quota for immigration arrests increased from 1, 000 per day to 3, 000 last week, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

An estimated $150 billion in government funding would also be increased by the current draft of Trump’s budget, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, for deportation and other immigration-related activities. The Senate will likely consider the bill in the coming weeks because it narrowly passed the House of Representatives.

Even as supporters contend that Trump’s portrayal of the US as a nation overrun with foreign criminals is wildly out of step with reality, both actions could indicate a significant increase in immigration enforcement.

Undocumented immigrants commit fewer crimes, including violent crimes, than US-born citizens, according to studies that have been done before.

Additionally, the availability of data backs up Trump’s claims that there are numerous undocumented criminal offenders in the country.

According to a report from the TRAC research project, the rate of arrests and deportations has remained roughly the same as it was when Trump’s predecessor, former president Joe Biden, took office.

His administration made an average of 778 immigration arrests per day between January 26 and May 3, during Trump’s first four months in office. That is only 2% higher than the typical figure for Biden’s final months, which were roughly 759.

Under Trump, there were actually fewer daily removals or deportations than under Biden.

“As more and more pushback”

Pacheco and Cardenas both warned that increasing the number of arrests and deportations could result in more desperate tactics.

A policy that forbids immigration enforcement in sensitive locations, like churches and schools, has already been reversed by the administration. Additionally, it sought to immediately deport alleged gang members without the aid of a law passed in the year 1798 and to revoke temporary protections that made it possible for some foreigners to remain in the nation legally.

The Trump administration has also pressed local authorities to coordinate with ICE in an effort to increase immigration arrests. According to section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the administration has so far delegated some immigration authority to local law enforcement, including the authority to make immigration arrests and elicit deportation screening.

In a series of traffic stops that resulted in nearly 100 immigration arrests in early May, the Tennessee Highway Patrol worked with ICE to coordinate the operation. In Massachusetts, ICE made 1,500 arrests in a further significant operation in the first half of June.

Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, an 18-year-old high school student who was traveling to volleyball practice, made a mass arrest in that incident. In Gomes Da Silva’s hometown of Milford, Massachusetts, his arrest sparked outcry and condemnation.

Cardenas cited those demonstrations as evidence of a growing opposition to Trump’s immigration policies as well as the overwhelming support for Arias Cristobal.

She said, “I believe we will experience more and more American pushback.”

His country’s stratospheric rise from poverty to one of the world’s leading economies is reflected in Lee Jae-myung’s difficult path to becoming president of South Korea.

South Korea’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita was comparable to that of sub-Saharan African countries when Lee, a scandal-prone school dropout-turned-lawyer, was born in 1963.

Lee’s birth certificate was issued in South Korea for about a year, which is a mystery because his parents, like many other families, were aware of the country’s skyrocketing infant mortality of the time.

Even by today’s standards, Lee’s early years were marred by poverty and hardship, including work as an underage factory worker.

Lee, the standard bearer of the left-leaning Democratic Party, has frequently attributed his humble beginnings to shaping his progressive beliefs. He is renowned for his populist and outspoken style.

In a speech in 2022, Lee said, “Poverty is not a sin, but I was always particularly sensitive to the injustices I experienced because of poverty.”

“I’m in politics right now to assist those who are still living in the pit of poverty and despair from which I was able to escape by creating a just society and a world filled with hope.”

Lee, the fifth of seven children, left his early years of education to move to Seongnam, a satellite city in Seoul, and start a family support business.

Lee, who was 15 years old, was permanently unable to straighten his left arm in a manufacturing accident at a factory that made baseball gloves.

Lee completed her middle and high school studies while working from home, despite missing her years of formal education.

He was accepted to Chung-Ang University in Seoul in 1982 to study law, and he passed the bar exam four years later.

Lee is renowned for standing up for the rights of the underprivileged, including those who were injured at work or who were facing eviction as a result of urban redevelopment projects.

Lee launched his first political campaign in 2006 with a run unsuccessful for Seongnam mayor. Two years later, he lost the election for a city parliamentary seat.

He won his second attempt to win the mayoral election in 2010 and won re-election four years later, finally making it his first step into politics.

Lee served as governor of Gyeonggi, the most populous province in the region that surrounds Seoul, between 2018 and 2021.

By introducing a number of populist-flavoured economic policies, including a limited form of universal basic income, Lee attracted attention from both his immediate electorate as mayor and governor.

After resigning as governor, Lee took the Democratic Party’s presidential campaign to lose to Yoon Suk-yeol by a narrow margin, the lowest margin in South Korean history.

Lee led the Democratic Party to one of its best results in the parliamentary elections of last year, winning it 173 seats in the 300-seat National Assembly despite facing a slew of political and personal scandals, culminating in at least five legal cases.

Lee won almost 90 percent of the primary vote after Yoon was impeached and removed from office following his brief but brief lapse in declaring martial law in December.

His approach to communication is direct and straightforward, and he is astute in recognizing social and political trends, which is unusual for politicians of his generation in Korea, according to Michigan State University’s Lee Myung-hee.

“Despite the fact that it may easily offend his opponents, this direct communication style can occasionally hinder his political advancement.”

Lee underlined his progressive credentials in his election campaign by adopting a more realistic persona and a less populist economic agenda.

Lee’s victory was rarely in doubt in the weeks leading up to the election, with Kim Moon-soo of the conservative People Power Party frequently trailing the candidate by more than 20 points in polls.

A “progressive pragmatist”

As president, Lee has pledged to prioritize the economy, recommending, among other things, a significant increase in artificial intelligence investment, the introduction of a four-and-a-half day work week, and parental tax deductions in proportion to the number of children they have.

In terms of foreign affairs, he has promised to repair relations with North Korea while urging it to end its nuclear program, in keeping with his Democratic Party’s tradition, and to keep the US-Korea security alliance without excluding Russia and China.

He is a progressive pragmatist, I would say. He won’t adhere to any steadfast progressive or even conservative policies, according to Yong-chool Ha, director of the University of Washington’s Center for Korea Studies.

He is described as “manipulative,” while his supporters call him “flexible.”

He is a survivor, I would say.

While Lee will win the support of a majority in the National Assembly, he will assume leadership in a divided and divided nation.

His success will depend on his ability to navigate the country’s highly polarized and conflicted political landscape, according to Lee, a professor at Michigan State University.

Lee will also have to navigate the conflict in international relations caused by US President Donald Trump’s shake-up of trade and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

After two unsuccessful attempts to become president, Lee’s election represents an extraordinary comeback that is appropriate for the story of his rise.

In connection with a land corruption scandal, Lee was facing five criminal charges, including those involving election law violations and trust breaches.

Lee’s five-year term in office will almost certainly not lead to a trial following his election.

Standing presidents are protected from prosecution under the South Korean Constitution, aside from insurrection and treason, but legal experts disagree on whether this protection extends to already-running proceedings.