Trump's Mass Anti-Immigrant Raids Are Reportedly Happening This Sunday
The Trump administration’s planned mass arrests of undocumented immigrants are now scheduled to begin this Sunday, multiple sources told the New York Times. The arrests were postponed last month after resistance from both inside and outside the administration.
From the Times:
The raids, which will be conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over multiple days, will include “collateral” deportations, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the preliminary stage of the operation. In those deportations, the authorities might detain immigrants who happened to be on the scene, even though they were not targets of the raids.
When possible, family members who are arrested together will be held in family detention centers in Texas and Pennsylvania. But because of space limitations, some might end up staying in hotel rooms until their travel documents can be prepared. ICE’s goal is to deport the families as quickly as possible.
Times sources say that ICE is targeting 2,000 immigrants who have deportation orders—not nearly the “millions” that Trump originally threatened. However, if the operation goes forward, it is still expected to be wide-ranging, including arrests in at least 10 major cities.
Those targeted in the raids are families who immigrated recently and were given expedited deportation orders. Many of them were given orders to report to an ICE facility in February, a Homeland Security official told the Times.