Donald Trump appeared to announce he a delay in planned raids on undocumented immigrants, six days after he took the unusual step of announcing an operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) before it took place. If not, Deportations start!”Hours earlier, he had told reporters the raids would start next week or “maybe a little earlier than that”. Trump said on Monday his planned raids would be the start of an effort to deport millions, a near-impossibility given limited resources. It is also unusual – if not without precedent – for families to be targeted instead of migrants with criminal histories. Among civic leaders, Houston police chief Art Acevedo said Ice officials had declined to provide information about expected operations.

Source: The Guardian June 22, 2019 17:03 UTC