“The community is terrified of the enumerators,” said Tomás Ávila, director of the Milenio Association, a Providence group meant to educate and empower Latino communities, speaking in Spanish. “Those who have their papers, even though they’re documented, are scared because of the way that ICE is going about its business.”
Bernard Georges, executive director of New Bridges for Haitian Success Inc., said, “People see these Census workers come up … and are thinking that ICE is getting ready to come. They’re reading about the separations, and they’re terrified.”
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