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Article snippet: MORE said Monday that delayed immigration raids will begin after the July 4 holiday. The president made the announcement in the Oval Office while signing legislation providing $4.6 billion in funding to address the influx of migrants from Central America at the southern border. “After July 4, a lot of people are going to be brought back out,” Trump told reporters. Trump said late last month he was temporarily delaying the sweeping raids and told Congress it had two weeks to pass new restrictions on asylum laws, a policy opposed by Democrats who control the House. The raids planned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement were called off after Speaker called Trump and urged him to scuttle the operations. There were also concerns inside the administration that leaks about the raids could have jeopardized them. Trump telegraphed that the raids are likely to take place after his two-week deadline passes, telling reporters Saturday at a news conference in Osaka, Japan, they would take place “sometime” after July 4 “unless we do something pretty miraculous.” The two-week time period was mostly consumed by July 4 recess, when members of Congress are not in Washington. House Democrats had cited the recess as a reason to further delay the raids. The ICE operation was set to take place in 10 major cities and target up to 2,000 immigrant family members living illegally in the U.S. for deportation, according to multiple media reports. Trump’s raids are the latest hard-line me... Link to the full article to read more