Hundreds of illegal immigrants were picked up and deported, including some from Austin.
KXAN has received dozens of phone calls of people saying they've seen immigration officials all over the city, driving white vans and looking for illegal immigrants.
KXAN NBC Austin's Jenny Hoff investigated these claims and talked to some immigrants who fear deportation.
Luis is in the United States illegally.
He has a 5-month-old daughter, a job, and he's now full of fear that any moment he could be picked up and sent back to Mexico.
"We saw a white truck with four doors that was just driving around for about 20 minutes around the job site where I was at," Luis said. "We all just started running between the trees and the woods that was close by there."
The government just implemented a string of raids this last week, arresting hundreds of illegal immigrants across the country, including the Austin area. They stopped at H-E-B Riverside, at the flea markets, and they picked up a
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