The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency — ICE — is a racist, rogue operation that must be stopped.

• On Tuesday, ICE deported a man named Paul Pierrilus to Haiti.

• With no warning, ICE agents came for Pierrilus in the middle of the night, then forcibly put him on a plane to Haiti.

• Except Pierrilus was not born in Haiti and is not a Haitian citizen.

• In fact, he had never even been to Haiti.

• The 40-year-old had lived in America ever since his parents (who later became U.S. citizens) brought him here from Saint Martin, which is part of France, when he was just five years old.

• And he had a permit to live and work in the U.S.

• Meanwhile, asylum seekers from Cameroon who may be murdered once back in that country say ICE agents tortured them into waiving their asylum claims.

• Trump sycophant and xenophobe Steven Miller is actually encouraging ICE (and DHS) agents to resist the Biden administration’s efforts to infuse a modicum of humanity into immigration policy.

ICE is defying the spirit of a 100-day moratorium from President Biden (temporarily blocked by a Trump-appointed judge) on some deportations.

Here’s how Rep. Mondaire Jones — just-elected to Congress from New York — characterized ICE:

“Ice is a rogue agency. With the help of right-wing operatives on the federal bench, ICE is choosing to ignore President Biden’s deportation moratorium. ICE must be brought to heel.”

Tell President Biden:

It’s time to turn up the heat on ICE. The rogue agency must cease its Trump-era dehumanization of immigrants and cruel deportation activities. Make ICE stop now.

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- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen

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