Caucus Chairwoman Michelle Lujan Grisham will be present at the meeting with Thomas Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcemen. | AP Photo Hispanic lawmakers to meet with ICE official over raids

Leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are meeting Tuesday with a top federal immigration official after a wave of raids targeting hundreds of undocumented immigrants in several states.

Caucus Chairwoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.), members of the caucus executive board and several other Democratic lawmakers will be present at the meeting with Thomas Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, POLITICO has confirmed.


The caucus sent a letter to Homan over the weekend, requesting the emergency meeting after news of the ICE raids spread.

ICE officials arrested 680 undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, San Antonio and New York City areas last week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said in a statement Monday. Of those arrested, 75 percent already had criminal convictions, according to Kelly, who framed the actions as "routine."

Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), John Conyers (D-Mich.), Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois), Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) also signed the weekend letter demanding a meeting.

Trump defended the raids on Twitter over the weekend: “The crackdown on illegal criminals is merely the keeping of my campaign promise. Gang members, drug dealers & others are being removed!”

But lawmakers say they fear innocent undocumented immigrants and their families could be targeted in the sweep or pinpointed for future action.

“These raids have struck fear in the hearts of the immigrant community as many fear that President Trump’s promised ‘deportation force’ is now in full-swing,” they wrote.