As the Donald Trump administration continues enforcing his mass deportation plans across the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been seen in different locations conducting raids over the weekend, including in South Florida.
The Homeland Security Investigation's (HSI) Miami office took to its X social media account to inform that federal agencies had conducted several immigration enforcement operations during the weekend, as several undocumented migrants were detained in Broward and Martin counties.
A Miami resident said his wife was taken during one of the raids in the neighborhood of Brownsville. "It's despicable what they're doing right now," he told CBS News Miami. "It's very embarrassing."
The individual, who did not want to be named, told reporters that his Venezuelan wife was in the process of getting her U.S. citizenship when the raids took place. He revealed that she has been living in the U.S. for a few years and had a court date set up, adding that "everything was good" until then.
"They just came and they snatched her," he said.
The woman was one of three people taken into custody during the Brownsville raid. According to reports, the other two were men who were taken worked in the construction sector.
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ICE detentions
Between Jan. 23 and Jan. 26, 2,373 arrests were reported by ICE, with the nearly 1,000 of them (956) coming on Sunday.
Trump's border czar Tom Homan has repeatedly said that undocumented people caught up in the raids of criminals who are without documentation will be deported too.
During an interview with ABC News on Jan. 26, Homan said he expected arrest and deportation numbers to "steadily increase," adding that the focus right now was "public safety threats, national security threats."
He also claimed that —unlike under the Biden administration— ICE officers are free to arrest any of the estimated more than 11 million undocumented immigrants, not just those identified as priorities for deportation for being convicted criminals or other public safety threats.
"If you're in the country illegally, you're on the table because it's not okay to, you know, violate the laws of this country," Homan said.
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