Shocker: ICE detains Illegals at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office in Nashville

Attorney seems surprised.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An attorney said she saw Immigration and Customs Enforcement detain multiple people at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Nashville.

They were there for an interview, part of the process to become a U.S. citizen or resident.

Immigration attorney Katja Hedding said watching families getting separated by ICE never gets easier.

“It’s horrible,” Hedding said. “People are trying to work to get their documents, and they were lured into their office to detain them.”

Attorney: ICE detains people at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office in Nashville

What did she thinks happens if a person with an arrest warrant shows up at a police station? They get a free pass because they came in on their own? Nope, they get arrested. Same applies here.

She’s not sure why they were detained but said some did have removal orders, but it’s unclear why.

Well shit, ain’t that a frigging mystery solved.

“I understand ICE has a job to do, but there are criminals to go after,” Hedding said. “When you trick these people to come in, it’s cruel.”

Oh darling, you cannot be that dense (but I would not bet on that), Law Enforcement has done varied stratagems to have criminals come to them rather than waste taxpayers’ resources in to chasing them individually.

Hedding said most people who show up to their immigration appointments have a false sense of security that ICE is only looking for criminals.

Violations of immigration laws makes you a criminal and as lawyer, she should know that. And probably knows, but she does have to milk the story.

She said her best advice for anyone going through this process is to hire an attorney.

Not saying that she is doing a self serving interview, not at all.

Listen, I am an Immigrant. I went through the whole process of getting the Green Card twice (Mine and then my mom’s) and we had to visit the old INS building in Miami more than twice. In every visit, we saw somebody carted away in cuffs on its way to the Krome detention center. But we also saw people going out with smiles because they have followed all procedures and they were on their way to get their Immigrant visas or their Citizenship. We did our thing legally, followed the rules, paid fees, attended to the appointments on time and the process was mostly smooth (Mom’s Green Card issuance did get caught in the aftermath of 9/11 and delayed 4 months) The funniest of things? No lawyers were involved at all because other than special cases or you screwing up, the process is straightforward and did not need a lawyer.

And I believe 99% of immigration lawyers are coyotes with a degree squeezing every penny they can out of ignorant people. And same as their brethren by Rio Grande, they don’t care if you make it or not, they just care if you have the money to pay them.

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PS: I did meet one lawyer who was straightforward and very expensive who take care of a friend of mine and his wife moving legally to the US, but certain factors were making things hard. This friend was barely beginning to get his stuff processed when 9/11 happened and the whole system tilted harder than a cheating pinball machine. My friend and wife got the stuff straightened and paperwork done but took several years to get their Green Card and expenditures of five figures. The lawyer was with them every step of the way and his billing was straightforward so he was the exception that proves the above rule. He retired from Immigration Law short after that.