President Donald Trump has delayed the mass deportations he had threatened would start this week. They were to target undocumented people who already had deportation orders or had missed court dates. The president said the deportations would now be postponed for two weeks, but people in several major cities are still bracing for the deportations, including in Houston. Cesar Espinosa, head of FIEL, the largest immigrant rights groups in Houston, speaks with Marco Werman about the situation.
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