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A January 4, 2016, Politico article titled "Obama administration kicks off family deportation raids" reported that ICE apprehended 121 people (mostly mothers and children who entered illegally after 2014) in multi-state operations over the New Year's weekend, with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson confirming the raids would continue as part of prioritizing recent border crossers. The piece noted backlash from advocates and even Donald Trump claiming credit for pressuring the policy.
The Guardian covered the raids extensively, including a January 28, 2016, article where detained Central American mothers in a Texas facility sent a letter pleading to Obama for release, describing the traumatic early-morning home raids that separated families and caused fear in communities; another piece from January 23 detailed nearly 50 Senate Democrats urging Obama to end the raids on women and children.
A May 2016 Los Angeles Times report noted plans for additional raids to deport Central American mothers and children, drawing protests from Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, who opposed large-scale actions that tear families apart.
Other outlets like VOA News (2017 retrospective) and Truthout (2016) compared these to broader enforcement under Obama, noting they were more targeted than Bush-era mass workplace sweeps but still involved home entries, detentions in family facilities (e.g., in Texas), and quick deportations, often criticized for lacking due process.