The huge ICE sweep required 600 agents, involving nearly one agent for each of the 680 detained people. John Sandweg served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under President Barack Obama. Sandweg tells host Marco Werman the operation will send a message of fear through the local immigrant community.
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