ICE arrested 35 people as part of an operation targeting families with deportation orders, officials say, a number far lower than the 2,000 targeted in the highly publicized raids touted by President Trump.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 35 people as part of an operation targeting families with deportation orders, officials said Tuesday, a number far lower than the 2,000 targeted in the highly publicized raids touted by President Donald Trump.
Albence declined to say when the arrests took place and would not name the cities where they occurred, but said they happened"nationwide in various locations."The families targeted were part of an accelerated immigration docket in 10 cities across the country, and 85 percent of those were given orders of removal in absentia, he said.
President Donald Trump himself, who has been seeking to deter the influx of Central American families coming to the U.S. border, said the raids would take place that Sunday.He has since called the enforcement operation, “very successful.”
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