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Immigrants on edge over prospect of ICE raids | TheHill

posted onJuly 21, 2019
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Article snippet: Immigrant communities across the country are on edge after mass deportation operations promised by MORE failed to materialize in recent days. Trump has claimed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids were “very successful” and took place out of the public eye. But immigration advocates said they’ve seen no evidence of a widespread sweep, and experts question whether the president may have hindered the efforts by speaking publicly about them.  Advocacy organizations are urging those who may be targeted by ICE to remain vigilant, cautioning that the larger raids could take place in the coming days, weeks or months. “I think this threat is still out there, and there’s no trust in this administration,” said Sergio Gonzales, deputy director of the Immigration Hub. “People are still very much living as if this could happen at any moment.” Immigration advocacy groups and local officials braced for raids targeting at least 10 major cities and thousands of individuals with deportation orders after Trump said they would begin last Sunday. In the days since, ICE carried out enforcement activity in New York City, Oregon, Denver and elsewhere. Gonzales said he’d heard of instances of individuals and family members being picked up by ICE but that it was unclear whether they were part of regular ongoing enforcement efforts. But the sweeping operation that many expected never arrived. John Sandweg, who served as acting ICE director in the Obama administration, said h... Link to the full article to read more

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