Democracy Now: ICE Arrests 600 in Nationwide Immigration Raids

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GONZALEZ: "Immigrant communities across the country are on edge after federal immigration agents arrested over 600 people in the past week in the largest raid since Donald Trump became president. Raids were reported in at least 11 states, including California, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Wisconsin. It is not clear if ICE or Immigration and Customs Enforcement is continuing routine operations or stepping up its deportations in line with President Trump's policies. On Sunday, Trump tweeted, 'The crackdown on illegal criminals is merely the keeping of my campaign promise. Gang members, drug dealers and others are being removed.' But the Department of Homeland Security has said the arrests were long planned and routine."