are calling an increase in arrests and deportations of immigrants in one of those is named guadalupe garcia de rayos. illegally and had two children during that time. her case and others have now sparked demonstrations as abc's clayton sandell reports. >> reporter: new outrage over president trump's immigration crackdown. in downtown l.a. overnight a crowd blocked a freeway entrance. >> so far a very peaceful protest of about 150 people here. >> reporter: protesting a federal immigration crackdown in southern california that they say is aimed at deporting violent criminals but this morning, guadalupe garcia de rayos, an arizona woman without a violent history has been deported too. now she can only see her two kids if they cross the border from their arizona home to mexico. i don't know what we'll do without her. >> reporter: federal immigration officials say her case underwent review at multiple levels and the judges held she did not have a legal basis to remain in the u.s. clayton sandell, abc news, phoenix. >>> immiat there have been not an increase in raids recently. >>> penn state is banning al

guadalupe garcia de rayos was arrested and detained wednesday during a routine check-in with immigrationfficials. she had been living in the united states for the past 21 years. garcia's teenage daughter and son reacted thursday to the deportation. >> i am going to keep on fighting -- i am going to keep on fighting for my mom and other families going through the same thing because this is unfair, and it is really sad. >> we want her back -- we want her back in our arms. we want her back over here where she belongs to she belongs with us. we're going to keep on fighting. we are not going to stop. amy: rayos's rapid deportation after a routine check-in comes as thousands of immigrants around the country face similar check-ins. we'll have more on the case of guadalupe garcia and others after headlines. we will speak with her husband. the white house is warningng joururnalists anand lawmakers against criticizing a botched raid by u.s. commandos on a yemeni village last month that left 25 civilians and one u.s. nate -- one u.s. navy seal deae. the bureau of investigative journalism reports th

some people, activists including are pointing to guadalupe garcia de rayos, he was arrested in 2008,onvicted for using a fake social security number but had these check-ins since 2008, was told to self-deport. as one of the people who was targeted in this raid, are you saying some of those things are going to happen and it's acceptable to a certain extent? >> sadly, because we have a dysfunctional immigration system, this is going to happen. this situation with guadalupe garcia, it is sad and it shouldn't happen. again, there were instances like that during the obama administration. i would be concerned if this were to happen every day, but it's not happening every day. however, i'm concerned that some in the media are really taking it out of context and trying to give the impression that this is happening every day. again, there's a political narrative behind this, and the sad thing is that the victims are folks in the immigrant community, the hispanic community who are really fearful because of what they're hearing from democrats and hearing from some in spanish language media and

the woman, guadalupe garcia de rayos, was arrested in 2009 for working with a false social security number. ice released a statement. it says the woman was detained based on a removal order issued by the justice department, which was made final in 20-13. and it says she has a prior felony conviction for criminal impersonation. garcia de rayos is among the first illegal immigrants targeted for deportation under president trump's strict new immigration rules. jeff sessions will be sworn in this morning as the country's 84th attorney general. the president and vice president will participate in the ceremony. sessions was narrowly confirmed wednesday after confirmation battle. only one democrat, west virginia's joe manchin, crossed party lines to support sessions' nomination. no ruling yet on president trump's halted travel ban. a federal court heard arguments on the controversial order tuesday- but is not ready to rule. meanwhile - the president is now saying he wanted to give travelers a month's notice before instituting the ban, but claims he was overruled by law enforcement. we're on watch

guadalupe garcÍa de rayos fue deportada cuando se presentÓ a una corte de inmigraciÓn en arizona.ella regresÓ a su natal mÉxico, despuÉs de haber vivido 21 aÑos en arizona. guadalupe: yo he estado haciendo todo esto por mis hijos, para que tengan un futuro mejor. voy a seguir luchando para que ellos sigan estudiando en su paÍs, y para que sus sueÑos se hagan realidad. dulce: la familia garcÍa pasÓ su primera noche juntos en este hotel en la ciudad fronteriza de nogales. guadalupe: no se me hace justo, porque realmente estaba cumpliendo con todo. por eso es que yo me presentÉ. y se dieron estas cosas. no se me hace justo. dulce: la seÑora guadalupe garcÍa de rayos aÚn desconoce si regresarÁ a su natal guanajuato, o permanecerÁ en la frontera, donde sus hijos podrÁn visitarla. satcha: dulce, gracias por ese informe. vamos a continuar con mÁs. tambiÉn el estado del tiempo es noticia, principalmente a lo largo del noreste del paÍs. ana patricia tiene los detalles. buenos dÍas. ana patricia: muy buenos dÍas. ahora podemos disfrutar un poco mÁs de calma, aunque el mal tiempo continÚa pa

not focusing on bad dudes, but in the case of guadalupe garcia de rayos came here as a teenager is nowtually for miss garcia de rayos, he was deported but has been since since 2009 and 2013 knew she was going to be eventually deported. i'm not sure why she wasn't more proactive, because as a mother you would think she would be. she knew her time would be coming up. remember, barack obama deported 2.5 million people and that does not include the year 2016. for the left to say, oh, is this new stuff, this is absolutely not new stuff. this is routine. they try to go after the class 1, the most violent illegal aliens. and then along the way, if they find that our ute there, then they do arrest you and depart you, even if you weren't the target. if you are, you know, some way in the way, that's the way it's always been. now the last few years of the obama administration, that was a little fuzzy really, during bush and early years of obama, that was business at hand. and so for the critics to suddenly say this is new and this is a big change, it's not accurate at all. and anybody would look

guadalupe garcia de rayos' children were born in the united states, so they can cross into mexico to mother but their moth kerr no longer cross back into the united states to see them. so we met up with them while they were in mexico, reunited with their mother, and here's what they had to say. today a family reunion but it's only temporary. guadalupe garcia de rayos' two american children have traveled to mexico to be with her after she was deported this week. the first high-profile removal during president trump's administration. >>> i thought the united states was supposed to unite. >> reporter: but guadalupe says her children can't stay in mexico because it's too violent. >> she's everything. >> reporter: and in this florida apartment, another mother, teresa, makes dinner for her children. four were born in the u.s., one born in mexico, and recently 8-year-old kelly heard a knock on the door. it was immigration officials with questions for kelly's mother, who is undocumented. kelly, so traumatized, she had a panic attack and was hospitalized. her father has been detained. she is

. >> reporter: a crowd of angry protesters tried to prevent guadalupe garcia de rayos from being deported. one even tied himself to the police van, but it was fiewtal. activist carlos garcia delivered the news. >> she has been deported, and this has been one of the first victims of president trump. >> reporter: rayos has been living in the u.s. illegally for more than 20 years. she has two children who are u.s. citizens. she was arrested after reporting on wednesday for her six-month check-in at the phoenix immigration office. aaron rayos, is her husband. do you wish she honor gone? >> no, she made the right decision. we are good citizens and she decided to show up. >> reporter: in 2008, rayos was arrested in a local water park where she worked and found guilty of using a fake social security number. she was allowed to stay in the u.s. because she wasn't consider aid security threat, but under new rules, president trump has made any criminal offense criteria enough for deportation. >> all she was doing was trying to work to support herself, support her children. >> reporter: her lawyer sa

but the family of phoenix mother guadalupe garcia de rayos disagrees. she came from mexico as a teenager and used a fake social security number to get work, leading to a felony conviction. but she was allowed to stay, until now. when she was arrested thursday at a regular immigration check-in. >> my mom's a really kind person. she would never hurt anyone. >> reporter: federal agents insist these deportations are routine. and that the surge was planned before trump took office. some lawmakers aren't buying it. >> this is not a national security issue. this feels more like a huge shift in policy to get to "i want to deport 11 million people" and we're going to do everything in our power to stop that. >> reporter: but president obama dubbed the "deporter in chief" for kicking out more than 2 million undocumented immigrants over 8 years. something trump even praised. >> obama got tremendous numbers of people out of the country. well, i'm going to do the same thing. >> reporter: but tonight, for many families, confusion, and a question. are they safe? >> we'

people like guadalupe garcia de rayos, an undocumented mother of two american children who was deported from phoenix. her arrest sparking protests. and jeanette vizguerra who is now hunkered down in a denver church seeking sanctuary. but the new rules do not affect the more than 750,000 people who came to the country illegally as children, known as dreamers. the president telling david they shouldn't be worried. >> they shouldn't be very worried. they are here illegally. they shouldn't be very worried. i do have a big heart. we're going to take care of everybody. >> reporter: so mr. president, will they be allowed to stay? >> i'm gonna tell you over the next four weeks. >> cecilia vega with us live from the white house, and cecilia, we asked the president about the dreamers. is what we heard today definitive? do they get to stay? >> reporter: sean spicer said the matter of this is also part of the plan though. they plan to hire 15,000 new immigration officers and border patrol agents, and call on local police to help with deportations, but david, how all of this gets paid for remains to

abc's clayton sandell has the latest. >> reporter: for years, the government left guadalupe garcia de rayosanymore. protesters gathered in phoenix overnight, even holding the wheels on a government immigration van in a desperate move to stop it from taking her back to mexico. [ chanting ] garcia came to the u.s. from mexico illegally as a teenager. and like many undocumented workers she used a fake social security number to get a job. that resulted in a felony conviction. she was ordered back to mexico, but with no history of violence or other criminal record was allowed to stay pending appeal. >> last week, they weren't bothering anybody. they weren't causing any harm to anybody. they were just living their normal life. >> reporter: she and her husband have two children born in the u.s. who say their family is shattered. >> seeing my mom in that van, it was really heart-dropping. my mom's a really kind person. >> we want her back, back in our arms. >> reporter: the white house wasn't commenting. >> that's an i.c.e. matter. >> reporter: referring questions to immigration officials who say h

immigrations and customs enforcement van, in efforts to stop the deportation of 35-year-old guadalupe garcia de rayos, a mother who has been living in the united states for the last 21 years. rayos was arrested and detained wednesday by immigration agents during one of her routine, required check-ins with immigration officials. advocates say her arrest signals a clear shift toward the ramping up of deportations under the trump administration, even of people like rayos, who had been deemed a low-priority for deportation under president obama. rayos' lawyer said -- "we're living in a new era now, an era of war on immigrants." in protest, hundreds of people surrounded the ice van carrying rayos. one man locked himself to the wheels of the van while others , blockaded it with their bodies. >> we are here [indiscernible] therrow maybe my mom in next they might be your mom. we need to stop the deportations. they are millions of people at risk. [indiscernible] we have to stop it. wherever you are, you can do this, too. amy: president trump is facing potential conflict of interest after he attacked the depar

people that are here in the country illegally is a good thing but one of them deported was guadalupe garcia de rayos. the mayor of phoenix put out a statement after she was removed from the u.s. saying i.c.e. is spending its energy deporting a woman with two american children who has lived here for two decades and poses a threat to nobody, unquote. what's your message to the undocumented immigrants in new jersey, your home state, who are not drug dealers, who are not gang members and who have not committed any sort of violent crime? should they worry about being deported? >> jake, this is the problem with the whole failure of the federal government over the course of the last 12 to 16 years in not dealing with trying to reform the immigration system and bring some sense of order to this. when that's in case the laws in effect have to be enforced and that's what's happening right now. i know that the president focus and his desires to make sure that first they get violent criminals out of the united states, people who have been charged with violent acts. that's what i think i.c.e. is attempting to do

guadalupe garcia de rayos, a mother of two, has lived in the u.s. illegally for more than two decades. she was arrested wednesday after her regular check-in with immigration officials. dozens of protesters rallied overnight in phoenix, as activists blocked off entrances to the federal immigration and custom enforcement building and a van carrying garcia de rayos. she was deported today. earlier, i spoke with daniel gonzalez of the arizona republic. daniel gonzales, thank you very money for talking with us. so miss garcia de rayos had been checking in regularly with immigration officials, was not deported. what was different about this time? >> well, what her lawyer and activists are alleging is that what was different is the executive order that president trump signed on january 25th. this greatly expands the priorities that ice is given for deportation. it basically sends a message to ice that the trump administration would like to see a much broader scope of deportation. so the feeling is that under the bum administration she was allowed to check

>> guadalupe garcia de rayos was taken this morning, and we spoke with i.c.e.nutes ago, they said they have an updated statement coming out any moment, have not yet gotten a but we do have a press conference on going right now in the phoenix area, people upset including the family members, son and daughter of her who have been here 20 years, she came here at 14 years old illegally. back in 2009, she was convicted of basically stealing an identity and working at a local amusement park in the phoenix area. that eventually in 2013 led to a voluntary deportation order which was basically held. she fought it and the obama demonstration and they changed policy not to fight the voluntary deportation, that was influenced by the trump team. as you can imagine her, her children were very upset and outraged at what happened, take a listen. >> no one should ever have to be separated from their mother, especially my sister, she is a teenager, growing up, she needs my mom there for her. my mom is my everything. she is always there from a pure no one should ever have to go th

how does that square with the story we've been reporting, about guadalupe garcia de rayos, an undocumented immigrant mother of two who was just deported back to mexico? >> well, she wasn't just an illegal immigrant, she was also a convicted felon. >> right, for a social security number that she used that was falsified. >> yeah, so what does that mean? she was using it to vote? did she vote? was she getting obamacare? was she -- what was she doing with all of this? >> no, but she was checking in with i.c.e. officials year to year, even after that felony conviction, and just now happened to be deported. >> she still violated american law. if you are using somebody else's social security in this country and you are an american citizen, you can wind up in jail and should. so, i mean, i'm just a little baffled at this. i mean, she is being -- the fact that she was here and did this is not excusable. >> all right. let's move on to talk about the president's travel ban. professor dershowitz, president trump talked to reporters last night about losing the court appeal on his controversial travel b

immigration advocates saying the word criminal like guadalupe garcia de rayos convicted of using a false social security number to work. she was previously allowed to stay with her children as long as she checked in with i.c.e. this week, she was deported to mexico. >> it is heartbreaking because i was hoping that i would go home with my mom. >> reporter: 8-year-old kelly was born in the united states, but parents undocumented. she was so terrified when officials knocked on their door, her mother said she was hospitalized. and at the mention of her father, currently in i.c.e. detention, she can't stop crying. her mother among those living in fear that families may be torn apa apart. gadi schwartz, nbc news, nogales, arizona. >>> they say the show must go on in the world of entertainment. that it did. the performance overnight with the flying wallendas. returning to the high wire after the scary accident that almost turned deadly this week. nbc's gabe gutierrez is outside the circus in sarasota, florida. >> reporter: craig, good morning. he called it the worst nightmare, but 48 hours afte

immigration advocates say the word "criminal" inside mothers like guadalupe garcia de rayos, convicted of using a fake social security number eight years ago so she could work. she had previously been allowed to stay with her two american-born children as long as she checked in with i.c.e., but during a checkup this week, she was deported to mexico. >> it's really heartbreaking, because i was hoping that i would go home with my mom. >> reporter: 8-year-old kelly was born in the united states, but her parents are undocumented. she was so terrified when immigration officials knocked on their door, her mother said she was hospitalized. >> i was scared. >> reporter: and at the mention of her father, currently in i.c.e. detention, she can't stop crying. her mother among those living in fear that their families may soon be torn apart. gatti schwartz, nbc news, nogales, arizona. >>> they say the show must go on, in the world of entertainment. and that it did, in an emotional performance overnight with the flying wallendas, returning to the high-wire after a scary tightrope accident that almos

guadalupe garcia de rayos came to the united states at 14. she was convicted of falsifying a social security number trying to get a job. yesterday, her two children, both born and raised here in the united states, watched their father face deportation as seven protesters were tried to prevent her transport from leaving. >> no one is illegal. >> reporter: overnight, a tense standoff between protesters and police, facing off over the arrest over 36-year-old guadalupe garcia de rayos, an undocumented immigrant, that's been living in the united states for 22 years. garcia was arrested in 2008 during a workplace raid and convicted of felony identity theft because she had false papers. the now-married mother of two, continued living in arizona, checking in with immigration agents every six months. during her scheduled meeting wednesday, she was arrested when she or ride at the i.c.e. field office in phoenix. protesters stopping the van by standing in front of it. one man even clutching a tire. her children, looking at their mother through the windo

. >> guadalupe garcÍa de rayos llegÓ a los estados unidos con 14 aÑos de edad y ahora tiene 2 hijos,diendo que no bloqu bloqueamos pero que no lo vamos hacer, tome lo que se tome, vamos a luchar hasta dÓnde podamos. >> representantes en arizona expresaron su preocupaciÓn sobre la posibilidad de que se retome la prÁctica de las redadas masivas en contra de los inmigran inmigrantes indocumentados. >> este domingo responderemos a sus preguntas y vamos a escuchar su voz en su programa especial de telemundo, inmigraciÓn, trump y los hispanos, a las 7 de la noche 6 hora del centro un grupo de expertos estarÁn atentos a los inquietudes que tenga sobre inmigraciÓn. >> mÁs adelante regresamos con mÁs noticias en "un nuevo dÍa." >> muchÍsimas gracias y rÁpidamente pasamos con janice y la informaciÓn del tiempo. >> en efecto y podemos hacia el noreste de la naciÓn tenemos de todo sucediendo, tenemos tiempo invernal estamos hablando de acumulaciones de hasta un pie tambiÉn posibilidades de tormentas elÉctricas por sectores del medio atlÁntico por la florida neblina densa hacia el sur, fuertes rÁ

en la audiencia escucharÁn los hijos de guadalupe garcÍa de rayos, una de las primeras inmigrantes expulsadasn nombre de la familia. ¿cÓmo estÁn el dÍa de hoy, sabiendo que van a estar presentes durante este discurso, y que coincide la fecha con el cumpleaÑos de su madre? jacqueline: estamos... pues hoy es un dÍa bien interesante. estoy un poco nerviosa, porque estar frente a frente a la razÓn por quÉ mi mamÁ está en mÉxico, yo estoy acÁ, es... es triste no tener a mi mamÁ aquÍ, porque es su cumpleaÑos, y ella no debe de pasar con nosotros. debe de estar feliz. no debe de estar preocupÁndose. satcha: obviamente, es un dÍa muy complicado para ustedes, de muchas emociones y sentimientos encontrados. congresista, sabemos que el presidente donald trump ha extendido una invitaciÓn a personas que se han visto directamente impactadas por crÍmenes que han cometido inmigrantes indocumentados. entre ellas, viudas. ¿quÉ representa para usted? congresista hernÁndez: pues creo que quiere asustar a la comunidad, a los estados unidos, y decir que todos los emigrantes son criminales. guadalupe no matÓ a algu

a bordo iba guadalupe garcÍa de rayos, contra quien se girÓ una orden de deportaciÓn cuando se presentÓron la marcha dijeron hacerlo en resistencia al mandatario trump. una jornada a media mÁquina se prevÉ para el noreste del paÍs. es que el arribo de la tormenta invernal estarÍa causando el cierre de escuelas, cancelaciones de vuelos y retrasos en las carreteras. entre los estados que enfrentan esta ola de frÍo estÁ nueva york, y desde ahÍ nos informa enny pichardo en vivo. cuÉntanos, enny. buenos dÍas. enny: muy buenos dÍas, satcha. pues la gran manzana amaneciÓ congelada y completamente cubierta por una manta blanca de nieve, esto debido a la fuerte tormenta invernal que nos ha azotado desde esta madrugada, y que nos podrÍa arrojar entre seis y 12 pulgadas de nieve. esto mientras que en la zona de long island, al igual que mÁs al norte, en la zona de nueva inglaterra, se espera mÁs de un pie de nieve. las autoridades declararon en nueva york el cÓdigo azul, para proveer albergue a todos aquellos que habitan en las calles. imÁgenes como esta se han visto en las Últimas horas. y para e

. >>> gracias ana, la mexicana guadalupe garcÍa de rayos, fue encontrada culpable en el 2008 de usaros aÑos, todo el mundo si pregunta? presentando a las autoridad de migraciÓn sin problemas, regresando a casa, esta vez es diferente ¿por quÉ?. >>> fÍjate lo que pasa, ella al cometer en delito la ponen en deportaciÓn y estÁ en orden de supervisiÓn. y tenÍa que prenso aros todos los aÑos. problema estÁ en que la discreciÓn del oficial de deportaciÓn, quÉ quiere decir, hasta que le de la gana al oficial de deportaciÓn, asÍ mismo, y esta vez le tocÓ a guadalupe que le dijo ahora sÍ te vas. >>> no es un oficial de inmigraciÓn no muy bueno. >>> tienen esa potestad muy amplia de hacerlo. >>> tienen mÁs poder. >>> lo que pasa, que claro, en razÓn de materia humanitaria de por quÉ la deporta. ella cometÓo un delito, estamos claros con eso. obvio. >>> tiene 2 hijos ciudadanos estabas comportando bien y ice tiene la facultad y la potestad de deportarla cuando quiera. >>> y tambiÉn dejar claro, cometiÓ un delito, no haga nada con un seguro social falso porque entonces son las consecuencias ¿que

pero vamos con karla y alan para hablar especÍficamente del caso de guadalupe garcÍa de rayos. os, a su mami. ¿cÓmo le han hecho estas dos semanas sin su mamÁ, sin el cariÑo, sin el apoyo, sin la comprensiÓn, sin todo lo que ha hecho su mamÁ por ustedes? Ángel: pues, ahorita estamos muy fuertes, extraÑando mucho a mi mamÁ, pero seguimos la lucha por mi mamÁ y por la comunidad. alan: sabemos que ustedes se despidieron hace muchos aÑos de ella, en un momento dado, cuando ella cumpliÓ su condena, cuando eran muy pequeÑos ustedes. y aÑos despuÉs, les vuelve a suceder. ¿cÓmo te sientes, jackie? jackie: pues yo me siento bien. triste, porque no la tengo a mi lado, pero yo sÍ tengo fe que dios tiene un plan para nosotros. alan: para la gente que no sabe, la cadena que cumpliÓ guadalupe fue por estar con un social security que no era el suyo. ella fue descubierta, y pagÓ una condena de seis meses en la cÁrcel. yo recuerdo que habÍa momentos en los cuales se tuvieron que despedir por primera vez de su mamÁ, muy difÍcil. gracias a dios, saliÓ, y ahora les pasa esto. karla: obviamente, gua