Article 2CH7Y ICE Arrests 600 in Nationwide Raids After Trump Order Expands Criminalization of Immigrants

ICE Arrests 600 in Nationwide Raids After Trump Order Expands Criminalization of Immigrants

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Immigrant communities across the country are on edge after federal immigration agents arrested over 600 people in the past week in the largest raids since Donald Trump became president. Raids were reported in at 11 states, including California, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Wisconsin. On Sunday, Trump tweeted, "The crackdown on illegal criminals is merely the keeping of my campaign promise. Gang members, drug dealers & others are being removed!" Immigrant rights activists say the actions signal a clear shift by the Trump administration to deport people who were considered a "low priority" for removal under President Obama. We speak to California state Senate President Kevin de Leon and Steven Choi, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition.

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