The recent immigration raids have caused panic among people living in the U.S. legally, according to some attorneys.
"I'm getting calls from clients that I've represented for a number of years — people here legally, who these orders aren't targeting — that are concerned about what may happen to them," Axios quoted Ohio attorney Michael Jolic.
The Trump administration has launched stepped-up immigration enforcement efforts nationwide. The administration has set goals for ICE offices across the country to log at least 75 arrests a day, CNN reported.
The ICE X account has kept a running tally of how many people have been detained in the raids. For example, for Jan. 29, ICE reported 1,016 arrests with 814 detainers lodged.
Despite comments by immigration officials that the enforcement has been targeted, the raids have reportedly resulted in the detention of other individuals who happen to be in the location of the raid. For example, WOIO-19 in Cleveland reported that six employees of Cilantro Taqueria were detained in Cleveland Heights.
The restaurant owner told the station that ICE agents came to the restaurant looking for a former employee with a criminal record. When they couldn't find that individual, the agents arrested six other employees.
"We've had an uptick in calls from people who are afraid they're going to come to their churches and hospitals worried ICE is going to come for employees or patients," Axios quoted Stacy Cozart Martin, a partner at Martin Jolic and Associates.
