U.S. Cities Prepare For Planned ICE Raids
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On Friday President Trump confirmed reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to conduct nationwide sweeps to arrest thousands of undocumented immigrant families that the government says have missed a court appearance or have been issued court-ordered removals from the country.
"It starts on Sunday, and they're going to take people out, and they're going to bring them back to their countries, or they're going to take criminals out — put them in prison or put them in prison in the countries they came from," Trump said outside of the White House.
The operations, which would be along the same lines as the one canceled last month, are expected to take place in at least 10 cities across the U.S. and last for days. According to reports, ICE is prepared to target more than 2,000 recently arrived migrant families — most of whom do not have criminal histories.
The raids will be conducted over multiple days. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock reported they will go on through July 18, and they will include "collateral deportations," meaning undocumented migrants who happen to be on the scene but are not the intended target could also be subject to detention.
Acting Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Kevin Cuccinelli said Thursday there are approximately 1 million people in the country with removal orders.
"As always, ICE prioritizes the arrest and removal of unlawfully present aliens who pose a threat
