The network so far has been called into action once, when a series of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids coincided with a visit from President Trump last month, who was in town to review several models for his proposed border wall.
“On March 13 and 14, there was a large ICE action. I believe it was timed to coincide with the president’s visit to the wall. Over 100 families were impacted, Many of those were in North County,” Theiss-Aird continued. “70 percent of these people had no criminal record.”
About two dozen families contacted the network which, though it has fielded about 800 calls since December, was faced with its first major action.
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