Migrants walk across the banks of the Rio Bravo after crossing illegally to the United States to turn themselves in to request asylum to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Sunday will begin arresting at least 2,000 immigrant families eligible for deportation in a nationwide series of raids long threatened by President Donald Trump, the New York Times reported, citing former and current officials.
Trump forewarned of the planned operation in a June 17 Twitter message, but it was delayed partly because of disagreements within the administration, the Times reported on Thursday.
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