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U.S. Agents Launch Raids on Central American Families

HeadlineJan 04, 2016

The Obama administration has begun conducting raids and detaining families across the United States as part of an effort to deport hundreds of Central Americans who have fled violence in their home countries. At least 11 families have reportedly been detained so far. At one home in Georgia, a Honduran woman and her nine-year-old son were taken into custody after an early-morning raid. The woman, Ana Lizet Mejia, reportedly fled Honduras after her brother was murdered by gangs. Her aunt, Joanna Gutierrez, told the Los Angeles Times Mejia wore an ankle monitor and attended all of her court dates. Gutierrez said her children were “shaking with fear” after agents woke them and searched the house at 5 a.m.

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