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At food processes plants in mississippi last week. mark morgan says he insists theyre not actually raids. >> i think words matter. these arent raids. these are targeted laur eed law enforcement operations. this is a joint criminal investigation with i.c.e. in the justice targeting workside enforcement. companies that knowingly and willfully hire illegal aliens so in most cases they can exploit them further for their bottom line. >> reporter: research shows between march of this year, the trump a...

Hes called it ridiculous and of course not true. >> okay. thank you. the acting commissioner of customs and border protection is defending the mass immigration raids at plants in mississippi last week. mark morgan telling cnn he disputes the terminology being used and insists they are not raids. >> i think words matter. these arent raids. these are targeted law enforcement operations. in this case, this was a joint criminal investigation with i.c.e. and the department of justice targeting work...

>> the timing was unfortunate. >> shortly after the raids in mississippi, the white house official directed i.c.e. officials to plan more raids. i.c.e. offices have been told to identify two locations in their region to be potential targets. david solomon says hes not too concerned about the economy. still he told christine romans, the chief business correspondent here at cnn, there are things that could throw it off track. >> i think the economys doing fine. there are things getting added to ...

Though the raids took place days after a gunman targeted mexicans in el paso. kevin mcaleenan said the plans for the i.c.e. raid were set in motion long before the massacre. >> something like this has been planned for over a year. this is a criminal investigation of 14 federal warrants issued by a judge and i.c.e. had to follow through on that. it was already in plan and in motion. >> given the emotions of the country right now, in hindsight, do you wish this raid didnt happen this week. >> the ...