Hundreds of illegal immigrants are arrested across six states this week in what officials claim are ‘routine’ roundups
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested hundreds of undocumented migrants in Atlanta, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles
But immigration advocates say most of those arrested would also have been detained under the Obama administration’s deportation guidelines
In Southern California, ICE detained 161 undocumented migrants
In the Atlanta area, ICE agents arrested 200 undocumented aliens
An ICE official accused those who reported agents were conducting ‘sweeps and checkpoints’ of sowing panic
DailyMail.com
11 February 2017
US federal immigration agents arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in at least six states this week in what officials on Friday called routine enforcement actions.
Reports of immigration sweeps this week sparked concern among immigration advocates and families, coming on the heels of President Donald Trump’s executive order barring refugees and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim nations.
That order is currently on hold.
‘The fear coursing through immigrant homes and the native-born Americans who love immigrants as friends and family is palpable,’ Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, said in a statement.
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