Local advocates urge people to take steps such as carrying key documents and deciding who will take care of their children in the event they're deported.

Trump wants to end several programs that offered new arrivals temporary relief. Millions of others without legal status may also be vulnerable to deportation.

An immigration group sued on Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's move to expand fast-track deportations under his pledge to remove millions of people who are in the country illegally.

Any undocumented person arrested in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties would be detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Los Angeles, Carmona-Cruz said. At a maximum capacity just shy of 2,000, the facility could be easily overwhelmed.

Elgin-area agencies ay they are working with undocumented immigrants as fears of mass deportations escalate with this week’s inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Immigrants and advocacy groups nationwide are scrambling to prepare for the waves of raids President Trump has promised under his plan to deport millions of people unauthorized to stay in the U.S. Why it matters: Confusion and persistent rumors about how the raids will be carried out — and what will happen to those detained by immigration agents — are leading some anxious immigrants to refuse to go to work or send their children to schools,