MIAMI - Recent immigration raids and deportations across the country have sparked fear among South Florida immigrants and their families, especially those required to check in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Miramar.

South Florida school districts are responding to federal policy changes that would allow federal immigration officers to conduct searches and arrests on school grounds after a directive issued last week removed restrictions that prevented raids in schools.

President Donald Trump has continued to crackdown on illegal immigration since his first day in office.One of dozens of executive orders he s

There were raids in Miami, Chicago, Newark and New Jersey on Sunday in an operation involving several agencies.

ICE agents conducted roundups in New York City, and a day later, local authorities announced their own gang takedown. In immigrant neighborhoods, fear was palpable.