Once you're in jail, three common reasons why you might face an immigration hold are that you either: 1  are, or are suspected of being, undocumented or otherwise illegally present in the U.S. 2  committed a crime that makes you deportable (removable) from the U.S. (despite the fact that you have a visa or green card), or.
The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was a series of safe houses and conductors who helped slaves escape from slavery to the North or to abolitionists in the South. These links tell you more about this famous railroad..he Underground Railroad was a series of safe houses and conductors who helped slaves escape from slavery to the North or to abolitionists in the South. These links tell you more about this famous railroad..
Thus Canada was the closest place for slaves to escape. The Fugitive Slave Act and the Underground Railroad. In 1899, Harriet Tubman purchased a home in Auburn, New York. Tubman, after escaping slavery, lead, on 15 trips to the South, hundreds of Blacks to freedom, via The Underground Railroad, in the North and Canada.