At least in one case, they even took a woman who had already gotten a work permit and Social Security number and was employed. They're deporting her and two children, while leaving behind a daughter who has a toddler born in the US. The agents came in a predawn raid, allowing the three only time to get dressed and take a few belongings.[Last weekend,] immigration agents pounded on doors before dawn and took mothers and children away.
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In all, 121 mothers and children were detained in three states [...] and sent to federal detention facilities, U.S. officials say. Federal officials said the families targeted for deportation had been processed by immigration courts.
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The raids were the first large-scale effort to deport families who had fled violence and poverty in Central America in 2014 and 2015.
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Despite an uproar from liberal Democrats and Latino advocacy groups, administration officials said Friday that they intend to continue the raids, hoping to send a signal and prevent a repeat of the huge surge in illegal border crossings.
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“The enforcement strategy and priorities that the administration has articulated are not going to change,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Friday.
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“We have a refugee crisis, not an immigration problem,” [Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.) ] said at a rally outside the White House on Friday. Alluding to the epidemic of drugs and gang violence that experts say is fueling the exodus from Central America, Gutierrez said, “We, too, are responsible.”
WaPo
Since the raids, advocacy groups here and elsewhere have set up hotlines, held emergency neighborhood meetings and put out website alerts telling people they have the right not to open their doors to ICE agents or provide them with information.
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