{"id":12475,"date":"2025-10-08T15:22:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=12475"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:22:43","slug":"citizens-and-children-zip-tied-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/citizens-and-children-zip-tied-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens and children, zip-tied in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lynn Tramonte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Lynn Tramonte of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance<\/em><\/strong>
\nIs this what Congressman Max Miller wants to bring to Cleveland?
\nEarlier this week, federal agents with the Border Patrol, FBI, and ATF ransacked an entire apartment building on the south side of Chicago, indiscriminately arresting people, zip-tying them, and holding them for hours. Even U.S. citizens and children were held, some naked. The agents had no warrants. They used brute force and gave no answers. They left only chaos and destruction.
\nNeighbor Ebony Sweets Watson witnessed the early morning raid, and said hundreds of agents were involved. \u201cIt was heartbreaking to watch. Even if you\u2019re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible,\u201d she told WBEZ.
\nIs this what Congressman Max Miller wants to happen in Cleveland, by calling for the militarization of our streets? Which neighborhoods? Why?
\nAt the Chicago complex, agents claimed to be looking for members of the Tren de Aragua gang, but none were reportedly arrested. Even if the Trump administration manages to claim that some were, we already know how easily they lie. They lied about the hundreds of men they sent to CECOT, and pulled that same stunt with Ohioans too.
\nThe gang card is simply a lie they tell to scare us about our neighbors, and justify their unjustifiable use of force.
\nThe truth is it is the Trump administration that brings violence to our communities. Just think back to what Trump did to Springfield when he made his outrageous remarks about Haitian-Ohioans. He and Ohio\u2019s own J.D. Vance are responsible for white supremacists descending upon the town from outside. They are responsible for the hate crimes and acts of intimidation against Ohioans assumed to be born in Haiti. They are responsible for the bomb threats that closed stores, schools, and City Hall.
\nMeanwhile, Springfield Mayor Rob Rue, religious, business, and community leaders, and many residents \u2014 of Haitian and non-Haitian descent \u2014 stood up for their brothers and sisters, demanded peace, and pointed out that the town has literally been saved by the presence of a group of people occupying formerly abandoned homes, who are happy to live and work in what was, and should continue to be, a wonderful community.
\nYet Congressman Max Miller, who doesn\u2019t even represent Cleveland, is calling for the chaos of this Chicago raid to be brought to northeast Ohio. Writing in the Washington Times, he claimed that his suburban constituents are \u201cafraid to go into the city\u201d and \u201cthe Cleveland I grew up in is now unrecognizable.\u201d
\nAnyone who has ever been to any of the Cleveland sports complexes knows this is a blatant lie. Attendance is up at all stadiums and the streets are alive before, during, and after games. As Lynn Tramonte, Executive Director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance wrote in The Land: \u201cwith the racism underneath [Miller\u2019s] rhetoric about \u2018crime\u2019 and \u2018fear of the city,\u2019 we are under no illusion about who will be targeted and harmed,\u201d if the National Guard and federal agents are deployed in Cleveland, as federal agents have been used in Chicago, and the Guard and federal agents have been used in Washington, DC.
\n\u201cOf course there is crime in Cleveland that needs to be addressed. There\u2019s also crime in Wooster and Parma, cities Rep. Miller might want to focus on, since he actually represents them,\u201d Tramonte continued. \u201cThe truth is this country is filled with hurt people who hurt other people. That\u2019s not a city problem \u2014 it\u2019s an us problem\u2026. But lashing out at people who aren\u2019t like you is not a solution. Looking for someone to blame is not a solution. Deploying the National Guard on Cleveland is not it, either.\u201d
\nInstead, Tramonte offered, the path to reducing crime is understanding why it happens. On that, we have decades of research to draw upon and already know the solution: investing in our communities. \u201cEnsure everyone who works can earn a living wage and exercise their rights in the workplace; fairly fund our education system; and invest in affordable healthcare, transportation and housing. These are things that reduce poverty; expand opportunity; allow us to work, be healthy and take care of our families; and ensure everyone has an equal chance to succeed.\u201d To read more on this subject please visit the Ohio Immigrant Alliance website at ohioimmigrant.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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