Calls placed to immigration hotline sends message: Close the Border.
The number of calls to a national immigration and customs hotline — including tips turning in illegal immigrants — has skyrocketed in the past six months, according to officials of the Department of Homeland Security.
Assistant Secretary Michael J. Garcia lauded the record growth of the hotline operated by his agency.
“Alert citizens, using the . . . tip line, are making significant contributions to homeland security,” Garcia said in a statement Tuesday.
But the growing popularity of the government hotline, (866) 347-2423, has immigrants and their advocates worried about racial stereotyping and targeting of immigrant communities. It comes in the wake of a controversial gathering of civilians who call themselves “Minutemen,” intent on patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona to hunt down illegal immigrants.
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