{"id":198719,"date":"2025-09-04T05:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T05:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/198719\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T05:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T05:15:11","slug":"southwest-side-neighborhood-divided-over-ice-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/198719\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Side neighborhood divided over ICE arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 A door-to-door campaign brought controversy to a Southwest Side neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The Party for Socialism and Liberation<\/a>, an organization in San Antonio, dropped off flyers about people\u2019s immigration rights to their front door. They also brought flyers to businesses and explained to people what their rights are if an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shows up.<\/p>\n

The effort comes just days after Guatemalan children<\/a> were picked up over the holiday weekend and faced with potential deportation before a federal judge stepped in.<\/p>\n

While some people like the idea of a door-to-door campaign, others said the group should not be doing this. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very happy with ICE in our neighborhood,\u201d Jenna, a Southwest Side resident, said.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Southwest Side resident Linda and her family agree with what the PSL organization is doing and oppose ICE arrests.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not hardened criminals, they\u2019re good hard workers,\u201d Linda said. \u201cAll just going to be for a better job, a better life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Linda and Jenna live in the Nogalitos area, where people from the PSL were door-knocking on Wednesday. Ilse Martinez, a member of the PSL organization, said they\u2019re just trying to educate people.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnow what your rights are in case ICE does come, because they do have rights and they can\u2019t fight against ICE,\u201d Martinez said.<\/p>\n

Nicholas with the PSL said, \u201cWe\u2019re building a community that wants to prevent ICE from being able to take our community members.\u201d<\/p>\n

People like Linda are happy with the organization going door-to-door to inform people of their rights when it comes to ICE.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice that we do have people that are showing them the right way to go,\u201d Linda said.<\/p>\n

However, others are not happy about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s wrong,\u201d Jenna said. \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t be doing that; this is law enforcement. \u2026 I\u2019m getting what I voted for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lorraine, a woman walking with Jenna, also disagreed with how the PSL is operating and is in favor of how ICE operates.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to clean up our country because it\u2019s been ransacked,\u201d Lorraine said. \u201cIt\u2019s been taken advantage of by other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a divide in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just not right,\u201d Linda said. \u201cIt\u2019s very disheartening for the people that have to live like that,\u201d Linda said, referring to people who are worried about ICE arrests.<\/p>\n

Regardless, the PSL organization plans to bring these flyers to San Antonio homes every other Wednesday for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are in the community and you\u2019re working class, if you\u2019ve built a family, if you live in this community, you belong here,\u201d Nicholas said.<\/p>\n

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