Major cities across the U.S. on Thursday were bracing for sweeping deportation raids this weekend, the second time in less than a month that Trump administration insiders have signaled roundups were imminent. The raids were intended as an unprecedented show of force against undocumented immigrants by
Major cities across the U.S. on Thursday were bracing for sweeping deportation raids this weekend, the second time in less than a month that Trump administration insiders have signaled roundups were imminent.
Those raids were called off last month after Trump gave Democrats two weeks to change the nation's laws that guarantee the right for people to apply for asylum. — ABC News Politics July 11, 2019 "I'm going to appeal to people of faith, the faith-based organizations to appeal to the president ... they put him in office and they have a better voice for this," she told reporters.
John Cohen, a former senior official at the Homeland Security Department and ABC News contributor, said launching deportation raids at people's homes would consume the agency's resources. Story continuesHe said CHIRLA attorneys, who are prepared to post bail and offer representation for immigrants who are taken into custody, are activating a rapid response network and will be on watch for increased ICE activity over the weekend."We're here today because the Trump administration is threatening our communities again," said Mony Ruiz-Velasco, president of the board for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
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