re: #86 Anymouse 🌹

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CHRIS WALLACE: What can you tell us about these ICE raids? How many people is ICE going after?

KELLYANNE CONWAY: *immediately changes topic to bashing Obama*

Sweeps turn into coffee and doughnuts

A federal plan to detain at least 2,000 immigrants in a nationwide sweep Sunday has devolved into a handful of low-key raids with few if any arrests, the New York Times reports.

The plan for ICE agents to dramatically round up immigrants who have removal orders—which was highly publicized and hotly debated—changed after media reports alerted immigrants about what was coming, Homeland Security officials say.
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So-called “ICE chasers” in the Atlanta suburbs, who help immigrants once they’re arrested, eventually gave up Sunday and went back to the office of an advocacy group for doughnuts and coffee.

The leader of a similar response team in Los Angeles saw no arrests but said time was well-spent informing undocumented workers about what to expect from ICE raids.