It was unclear Sunday afternoon whether the planned raids, which are expected to target thousands of immigrants in as many as 10 cities, were underway, with no reports of large-scale enforcement operations.
Trump administration officials earlier Sunday defended the need for planned immigration raids even as they remained tight-lipped about details on the widespread action.
"In the same way I wasn't willing to talk about operational details, that would be an operational detail that I'm not going to comment on," he said."There are a million people, including families, with removal orders. They're — the priority remains for ICE to get at criminals."
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