Undocumented Immigrants: Immigration Arrests and Safety Chaldeans

undocumented immigrants: Roughly 100 people protested Sunday at a Detroit detention centre, many expressing their concern for the arrestees' safety, according to CBC. Chaldeans are among Iraqi Christian denominations that emerged in the faith's early days, and many speak languages similar to those spoken at the time of Christ. Weekly vigil shows solidarity with undocumented immigrants in Detroit Not just 'bad hombres' U.S. immigration arrests up one-third from 2016 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on Monday declined to say how many were taken into custody, but advocates say at least 40 people were arrested near or at homes, mostly on Sunday. Their population in Iraq has dwindled as hundreds of thousands have fled war and violence over the decades. Some of these people have spent nearly their entire lives here and some have committed minor offences. Detroit home to thousands of Chaldeans The Detroit area has one of the largest Chaldean communities in the U.S. Longtime demographer Kurt Metzger said a community survey estimated there were roughly 120,000 Chaldeans in and around Detroit. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.