The D.C. Delivery Workers Hiding From ICE

President Trump’s seizure of Washington DC as a federal, some of the city’s most visible workers were hidden. Hector, Uber EATS, Doordash and GrupHub for more than a dozen people working for applications such as hector. He and others say they have largely cut their watches or stop working completely. They also said that federal agents in DC detained both business permits and non -immigrants. The drivers also said they were afraid of being targeted, so we agreed not to show their faces, and we used only the first names. In the first three weeks of President Trump’s federal infection in DC, immigrant agents detained more than 400 people. Although it is not known how many delivery workers were arrested, fear spread. The videos of masked agents that attract drivers from mopeds left their group conversations under the water and bikes sold by workers who have completely quit bicycle advertisements. The DC police and the US immigration and customs protection did not answer our questions about whether certain groups in the city were targeted or targeted. However, in a press release, immigrant officials said that arrests are part of the effort to cope with violent crime and make the city safe. On August 21, this driver Javier was arrested while receiving a coffee order in the DC’s Navy Yard neighborhood. Shortly after being detained, we talked in Javier’s family-daughter-in-law Leo and his wife Maria-shaped apartment. Maria told us that her husband had applied for asylum in the US and that she had a work permit as a social security card. He came rightly to see that federal agents loaded her husband on an unmarked vehicle. The moped was left to the side. Hours later, Maria tried to watch Javier through a judicial line that received more than 2,500 calls since the inheritance began. But the operator could not find Javier. Maria also worked as a food distribution driver, but stopped after her husband’s arrest. His brother -in -law Leo did not work for two days, but he said he had to go back to help the family pay an invoice. Leo also applied for asylum, but no work permission. When Leo gives an order, a police parked near the entrance notice the cruiser. On a typical day, Leo earns about $ 200. Today, he only gives up after two orders.