THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS - FEDERAL AGENTS CONDUCT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT RAIDS IN AT LEAST SIX STATES

Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement raids in at least six states

BY MICHAEL ON FEBRUARY 10, 2017



U.S. immigration authorities made a series of arrests in at least half a dozen states across the country on Thursday and Friday, sweeping up an unknown number of undocumented immigrants, immigration lawyers and advocates said.

The raids, which appeared to target scores of people, including those without criminal records, mark the first largescale episode of immigration enforcement inside the United States since President Trump’s Jan. 26 order to crack down on the estimated 11 million immigrants living here illegally. Immigration lawyers and advocates said some of the enforcement efforts included traffic stops and checkpoints, though Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials disputed those accounts, saying the agency does not use checkpoints while engaging in targeted enforcement operations.

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