immigration raid
Enforcement roundup operation
An immigration raid is a coordinated law enforcement operation to locate and detain people suspected of violating immigration laws.
Raids typically target workplaces, homes, or public spaces, often conducted by federal agents: The meatpacking plant was shut down after an immigration raid.
The term carries political weight—critics use it to emphasize the disruptive, militarized nature of such operations, while authorities may prefer softer terms like "enforcement action."
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- ICEImmigration enforcement bureau
- federal agentsNational law enforcement officers
- arrestSeize by law
- detentionTemporary official holding
undocumented · green card · sweep · agents · workplace · factory · meat packing plant · handcuffs · van · fear · sanctuary · checkpoint · roundup · badge · dawn · sirens · papers · fugitive
- border controlvisa requirements, passport control, guard, border crossing, border security
- raidsforay, incursion, blitz, maraud, marauding
- immigrationvisa, refugee, citizenship, asylum, deportation
- family lossorphan, motherless, fatherless, parentless, abandonment
- deportationdeportee, deportees, deportation order, removal, mass deportation
immigration raidamnesty
Group pardon from authorities
sanctuary city · open borders · welcome center · sanctuary movement · catch and release
immigration raidnaturalization ceremony
Official event conferring citizenship
citizenship oath · amnesty program · path to citizenship · legalization · visa approval
immigration, raid, immigrate, immigrant, immigrants, immigrating, immigrated, migrate, migrant