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Targeted latino, an i.c.e. official with direct knowledge of the raids defending the timing as coincidental but said he understood the poor optics. the official who was on site for the raids telling cnn the emotion was a horrible thing. i saw kids coming up crying at the gates. some detainees have been released with ankle monitors to reunite with their families. still local activists expressing outrage about the operation here in this community, a community here only to contribute. >> we are ashamed about what our state is doing, but we're here to let everyone know around the world we're going...

Her. >> he's not a criminal. >> desiree works at one of the seventh plants across the six mississippi cities targeted by i.c.e. >> many kids cry, scream for their loved ones because they're gone. they don't know when they'll see them again. >> reporter: kids who would have had to fend for themselves if not for the compassion of locals like jordan barnes. >> we'll have beds for them and get food for them to get them through night. if they need transport to school, we'll arrange that as well. >> the u.s. attorney for the southern district of mississippi called the raids the largest single state ...

Those massive raids, were part of a broader federal criminal investigation. we're outside in front of the u.s. attorney's office here in the southern district of mississippi where we just got our hands on these probable cause affidavits. affidavits which show that i.c.e. was looking for falsified documents, visa fraud. looking to see if these employers, which for years according to locals here, it's the worst-kept secret for years they have employed undocumented labor. these documents were looking to see if the companies followed proper protocol to ensure they weren't hiring undocumented immig...

Nick, why now? i mean just days after the lieu toneo community in el paso was so savagely targeted? that plan has been there for years so why do it now? >> and don, it's one of the worst kept secrets in these communities that plants like the one behind me employ undocumented labor. so the question is how many of these bosses who employ undumed immigrants are going to be prosecuted? how many of them are going to be detained and seek justice? that remains to be seen. i did reach out to an i.c.e. official. you heard that information in the piece. they said it was purely coincidental. they called ...

Of these raids. an i.c.e. official responded to cnn saying that these raids have been in the works for months. to many locals, there is no could inches dins. there's fears that became a reality just on the outskirt of jackson, mississippi. new this morning, president trump announcing his pick for acting director of national intelligence. last night he named the current director of the national counter terrorism center joseph maguire to fill dan coates' shoes. normally it would have gone to sue gordon but gordon abruptly handed in her resignation yesterday with a terse note reading this, mr. ...