Know your rights: Local immigration attorney gives advice ahead of ICE raids across country

RALEIGH, N.C. — President Trump and ICE officials confirm an immigration raid will begin Sunday in 10 major cities around the United States.

Friday night, there were hundreds of protests and vigils across the country including one in Raleigh.

[ALSO READ: Witnesses claim several people arrested by ICE agents across Charlotte]

Hundreds gathered in North Carolina's capital to protest the conditions at the border as well as our current immigration policy.

A local immigration attorney said it will not include Charlotte, but the issue affects the community daily.

She and other immigration attorneys have been trying to make sure that clients know their rights.

Attorney Jordan Forsythe-Greer said she's spoken with families who live in fear and they said they don’t

know how to respond if they're confronted by immigration enforcement.

“The first right is the right to remain silent, and you cannot be forced to allow someone into your home unless they have a judicial warrant signed by a judge,” the attorney said.

Joan McAlister has a background in foster care and said she is disappointed with how her country is treating young children.

"I hate what's going on," McAlister said. "I thought I knew this country. I still think I know this country and I don't think this is what this country is about."

Friday in Washington D.C., President Trump was matter-of-fact about what was going to happen this weekend during the ICE raids.

"They came in illegally, they have to go out," Trump said. "It starts on Sunday and they're going to take people out and they're going to bring them back to their countries or they're going to take criminals out, put them in prison."

He said ICE plans to arrest as many as 2,000 undocumented immigrants beginning Sunday.

The Homeland Security Inspector General testified Friday about a crisis of overcrowding at centers along the border. She said at one center, they found 900 people crammed in a facility designed for only 125.

Vice President Mike Pence toured a border detention facility McAllen, Texas Friday. He called what he saw, "tough stuff" saying the system is overwhelmed.

He did acknowledge the overcrowding, but said it is because Democrats have not approved enough funding for the centers.

Cox Media Group