The nation's top immigration enforcement agency reportedly detained several legal immigrants as it conducted sweeping raids under President Donald Trump's hard-line mass deportation policy.Reports have emerged that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained an 18-year-old girl,
Immigrants across South Florida are bracing in anticipation of a wave of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids ordered by the Trump administration. The big picture: President Trump has already acted on his promise to crack down on undocumented immigrants through large-scale deportation.
In New Jersey, where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a fish market in Newark last Friday, the full extent of enforcement is not known.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have detained over 125 immigrants in Ohio since President Donald Trump ordered arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants.
"We will be tabling on campus asking fellow students to report their criminal classmates to ICE for deportation," a post from the student group on X read.
"It's shocking to me," immigration lawyer Randy Feldman said. "It's unusual that federal immigration resources would be expended for a case like this."
Former ICE official John Fabbricatore told Newsweek: "We're serious about how we're going to treat these terrorist[s] and gangs."
Nearly 1,000 people were arrested by federal agencies in a blitz to enforce immigrations policies across the United States, according to multiple reports.
Gov. Andy Beshear said any requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be "looked at and evaluated."
Zeneyda Barrera, 18, was arrested at her home in Lynn Monday morning after a neighbor heard a commotion. Barrera is accused of pushing her 12-year-old brother during an argument over a cellphone, according to a Lynn Police Department report.
Trump's press secretary called the administration's view that "someone who breaks our immigration laws is a criminal" a "big culture shift."