Expected mass arrests of undocumented immigrants did not happen over the weekend, but at least one New Jersey resident said immigration agents knocked on her door in the middle of the night.

The New York Times reported the teenager in Passaic said she woke up at about 1 a.m. Sunday to ICE agents knocking on her door. But she refused to answer after seeing a “know your rights” post on Instagram.

“They said, ‘We need to talk to you, can you come outside, can you open the door?’ I said, ‘Do you have permission to come inside my house, do you have a paper?’” the teenager, who was not named, told the New York Times. “They said, ‘We’re not trying to come inside your house, we just want to speak with you.’ And I said, ‘No I’m not coming outside.'”

The agents allegedly returned about 5 a.m., but the teenager refused to answer and hid with her parents upstairs until they left again, according to the report.

Make the Road New Jersey, a local immigrant advocacy group, told NJ Advance Media they are working with the Passaic teen and have confirmed her story.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials declined to comment Monday morning on whether there were any arrests or attempted arrests in New Jersey on Sunday, the expected start of a planned nationwide sweep targeting undocumented immigrants with existing deportation orders.

In a statement, officials in ICE’s Newark office said they would not be saying much about the expected raids.

“Due to law-enforcement sensitivities and the safety and security of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, the agency will not offer specific details related to enforcement operations. As always, ICE prioritizes the arrest and removal of unlawfully present aliens who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security,” ICE officials said.

The raids, promised by President Donald Trump, were expected to target immigrants living in the country illegally in several cities: Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco. There were reports that New Orleans and Houston were taken off the list because the cities were dealing with the aftermath of Tropical Storm Barry, which hit the area over the weekend.

The raids may have been delayed or scaled back because of the intense media attention on the operation, according to some reports. Some expect the operation to be rolled out slowly over the next week, instead of nationwide mass arrests.

There were some scattered reports of ICE agents spotted around the country over the weekend, but no large-scale operations were reported.

In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said there were three unsuccessful attempts by ICE to detain individuals in East Harlem and Sunset Park over the weekend. But no arrests were made.

Though there were no reports of mass arrests nationwide over the weekend, immigrant advocates in New Jersey say they are gearing up for possible raids during the upcoming week as tensions continue to run high in immigrant communities.

Advocates with Make the Road New Jersey said they are continuing to do “know your rights” presentations with immigrant groups and have started a hotline to answer questions.

“We are doing know your rights brigades to speak w community members in Elizabeth and Passaic,” said Sara Cullinane, director of Make the Road New Jersey.

In English/En Ingles Posted by Hector Carlos Lora on Sunday, July 14, 2019

Passaic Mayor Hector Lora and the city’s police chief posted a video on Facebook Sunday in English and Spanish saying there had been unconfirmed reports from residents of ICE agents in the city knocking on doors and questioning people on the street.

“Of course, this creates a panic,” Lora said.

There have been no reports of mass raids in the Passaic, which has a large immigrant community, Lora said. He also debunked a rumor that a routine traffic checkpoint in the city was an ICE operation.

Passaic Police Chief Luis Guzman offered to send city police to any residence where immigrants thought ICE agents were knocking on the door.

“We’ll send a patrol car over there to verify who those people are -- to make sure that they are -- or are not -- some type of law enforcement,” Guzman said in the video. “Obviously, there are people out there who are trying to instill fear in our community. That’s really, really unfair.”

Under an order issued by the state attorney general that went into effect earlier this year, local police in New Jersey are not permitted to help ICE agents with raids and can only hold undocumented immigrants for ICE under limited circumstances.

It is unclear if New Jersey was among the areas ICE will target, but local immigrant advocate groups said they were ready to mobilize. Some held protests over the weekend and Faith in New Jersey, a local religious group, held a training session to teach immigrants their rights if they were approached by ICE agents.

The ICE operation will allegedly target about 2,000 undocumented immigrants nationwide with existing deportation orders that have not been enforced. But government officials have said there could be “collateral” arrests, meaning some immigrants not targeted could be picked up if they are in the vicinity of others being arrested.

Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka said the state’s largest city reminded employees it is against city policy for local officials to assist ICE in raids in any way. The city is also trying to assist any immigrants targeted by ICE.

“We are proactively working with our partners including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Newark Interfaith Alliance, and La Casa de Don Pedro, to make sure individuals know what steps to take if they find themselves in this situation," Baraka said in a statement.

“President Trump’s efforts are designed to spew hatred, break up our community, separate families, and further divide us," he added.

In an interview with The Washington Post, acting ICE Director Matthew Albence declined to discuss whether there will be any raids in the upcoming week or if the planned operation has been scaled back.

“There’s not anything I’m going to say that would jeopardize my officers,” Albence said. “Operationally, we’ll never divulge details that would put our officers at any more risk than they already face in this toxic environment.”

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