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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
After his election, President Trump1 promised to deport2 2 to 3 million people in this country who were here illegally and had committed crimes. This week, federal authorities launched raids across the country that targeted immigrants who have criminal convictions. But as NPR's Richard Gonzales reports, many immigrants' advocates say that people without criminal records have been caught up in the raids, too.
RICHARD GONZALES, BYLINE3: News of the raids emerged from at least seven states - California, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, New York and Kansas. By late Friday, immigration officials were scurrying4 to contain the rumors5 about who they were targeting and why. There were no immediate6 figures offered about the number of people apprehended7 nationwide, but they were likely in the hundreds. In Southern California alone, ICE field director David Marin said 161 people had been arrested and most had felony records. He's speaking here in a press teleconference.
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DAVID MARIN: Those felons8 had prior convictions which included sex offenses9, domestic violence, assault, robbery and weapons violations10, just to name a few.
GONZALES: Marin said the raids were routine surge operations that had been in the planning for weeks before President Trump issued his executive order which expands the government's deportation11 priorities. But many immigrant advocates say that in the current climate, the raids were anything but routine.
DAVID ABUD: What they're trying to do is a really concerted effort to instill fear and terrorize our communities, especially immigrant communities.
GONZALES: David Abud is an organizer with the National Day Labor12 Organizing Network based in Los Angeles.
ABUD: You know, it's a way in which Trump and ICE are trying to retaliate13, especially toward sanctuary14 jurisdictions15 - you know, places that have called themselves sanctuaries16.
GONZALES: Around the country, there were anecdotal reports of ICE staging traffic stops and randomly17 sweeping18 people suspected of being in this country illegally, but David Marin of ICE says such reports were dangerous and irresponsible. Richard Gonzales, NPR News.
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