More than 100 immigrants suspected of being in the United States illegally were taken into custody early on Sunday following a federal raid at an illegal after-hours nightclub in Colorado, authorities said.
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Video posted online by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) showed agents announcing their presence outside the building and ordering patrons to leave with their hands up.
Other videos showed dozens of people fleeing the building through its entrance after federal agents smashed a window. Later, dozens of suspects were shown in handcuffs standing on a pavement waiting to be transported.
During his second stint as US president, Donald Trump’s unprecedented campaign of immigration enforcement has pushed the limits of executive power, and he has clashed with federal judges trying to restrain him.
The crackdown has included detaining more than 1,000 international university students, some of whom have seen their legal status restored, at least temporarily. The policies have slowed immigration at the southern border to a relative trickle.
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On Sunday in Colorado, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement took the club-going immigrants into custody, said Jonathan Pullen, special agent in charge of the DEA’s Rocky Mountain Division.
“Colorado Springs is waking up to a safer community today,” he said.