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Breaking overnight, "the new york times" reports that nationwide raids on undocumented immigrants in the united states are set to begin this sunday. joining me now is the democratic senator from west virginia, joe mantion. senator, thank you very much for being with us this morning. always great to see you. >> thanks for having me, john. >> let me read you a little bit from "the new york times" this morning which says several thousand migrants and their families could be targeted, but more people could be arrested as well. "the new york times" says the raids to be conducted by i.c.e. over mult...

The new york times is reporting that not just people with removal orders, detailing what is called collateral deportations. authorities might detain imgrands who happen to be on the vine even though they were not targets of the raids. democrats are speaking out, they're condemning this crackdown. nancy pelosi gave out legal tips. while chuck schumer implored the president not to isolate children. >> an ice war an is the not the same as a search warrant. if that is the only document ice brings to a home raid, ice agents do not have the legal right to enter a home. >> i wanted to say one thing a...

Voice within the left wing. he is the person in the president's ear saying you need to do more, you need to stick to your promises, what you said, and there's this constant push pull of what the president will go along with. again, could there be another fresh appeal by others in the administration to go along with this, there might be but i think it's hard to plan for this twice and not go ahead with it twice if you're a president looking at immigration in your calilous, and that's the cold reality. >> number one, there will be collateral deportations, you have learned which means people who ...

Raids expected to start sunday will target approximately 2,000 families across the country. the operation could target the same ten cities including chicago, los angeles, miami, and new york. the focus is immigrants flagged for deportation. "the new york times" reports that during so-called collateral deportations, i.c.e. agents might detain immigrants who happen to be on the scene even though they were not targets of the raid initially. today democrats on the hill blasted the planned raids. >> this is fundamentally unfair. it has nothing to do with the security and safety of the united states...

Counterproductive impact. the president is determined to show that he is absolutely firm on this. he's determined to show that he's going to be the toughest guy in the world on immigration. he promised his voters this 2 1/2 years ago. he's heading into an election year. he wants to make sure they know he's following through. it's not just build a wall. it's not just family separations we've seen at the border. he's going to now, you know, russell through some of cities to round up people, put them on transportation and head them out of the country. we will see if he follows through again. seve...