“The coordinated raids over the weekend focused mostly in Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday, and constituted the first wave of mass deportations that could impact up to 15,000 people. The plan was revealed just before the Christmas holiday, which many criticized as particularly inhumane timing. According to the advocacy organization #Not1More Deportation, in the Atlanta area starting on Saturday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents ‘barged into homes, even when asked for warrants at the door, removing mothers and children as young as 4 years old.'”
http://commondreams.org/news/2016/01/04/children-caught-sweep-feds-begin-mass-deportations
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