*Desperation and terror is what undocumented migrants experience due to immigration raids
*All types of people are being arrested regardless of their immigration status
*Even those with documents prepare for the worst
*All types of people are being arrested regardless of their immigration status
*Even those with documents prepare for the worst
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00:00And in the United States, real human tragedies is what undocumented immigrants are experiencing
00:05due to the immigration raids ordered by President Trump.
00:08Our correspondent Henry Camelo from New York with the details.
00:14Desperation and terror are some of the feelings that immigrants throughout the United States
00:19are experiencing in the face of massive deportation raids.
00:23The outrages committed against them by immigration agents are being denounced on social networks.
00:30The violence of the agents has reached such an extreme that they even break the windows
00:47of cars to arrest undocumented immigrants.
01:02According to experts, all types of people are being arrested in these raids,
01:06regardless of their immigration status.
01:11The worrying thing is that they seem to have set quotas. So what has happened in some cases
01:15is that the officers can't find those people who have a criminal record to deport them and
01:19they start to worry. They apparently think the day is going to go away and they haven't deported
01:27enough people. So they have found other people who were not the people they were looking for
01:35and they have taken them away. That's what we call collateral damage.
01:38So-called collateral damage is separating entire families.
01:49Mom, you are going to be fine. I am going to help you. I love you very much.
02:01On the streets of New York, immigrants make no secret of their fear of arrest.
02:05If I suddenly get caught, well, what I want is to be taken to court before a judge.
02:14Even those with documents are preparing for the possibility of being caught
02:18in one of these immigration raids.
02:22Fortunately, I am legal. I have my ID with me and on my cell phone I have my passport photo,
02:29my citizenship certificate. I can prove it.
02:35Immigration lawyers recommend the following actions to those who fall into these immigration
02:39raids. If you are approached by an agent, remain calm and courteous. Do not lie and do not show
02:48false documents. Remain silent. Ask to speak to an immigration attorney. Do not sign anything
02:55without first consulting with an attorney. You could be signing a voluntary order of deportation.
03:04We are on Roosevelt Avenue, one of the busiest and most commercial streets in
03:08Queens County in New York City, now almost empty after the announcement of the immigration raids.
03:13Roosevelt Avenue is empty. Customers have decreased by 30 percent, which hurts a lot.
03:32According to immigration authorities, more than 1,000 undocumented immigrants are detained
03:37every day from coast to coast, cities such as Chicago, New York, Seattle. Houston and Miami
03:43have been the target of the first raids and other large operations are expected in the coming weeks.