The major raids on ICE did not materialize this weekend, according to the lawyers

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"It's very calm, let's hope it stays that way," said Jose Mario Cabrera of the Los Angeles Coalition for Human Rights, addressing CNN on Sunday afternoon.

Jennaya Dunlap of the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice in Ontario, east of Los Angeles, also said that she had not seen any traces of scans.

"As we see with all the rumors and hysteria, we tell the community that ICE is still conducting operations," she said Sunday. "It's not new, it's a daily reality for us."

On Sunday night, no group of apprehended immigrants in Baltimore, Chicago or New York had been confirmed, told CNN of immigrant rights groups in these cities.

The Acting Chief of US Citizenship and Immigration Services stated that he did not know the details of the ICE searches.

"For the most part, it's quiet," said Cara Yi, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. "We have deployed rapid response teams to meet people who have reported ICE activities on our hotline, none of which has been confirmed yet."

Most reports were about government vehicles, Yi said, but the lawyers confirmed that they were not ICE type.

American Union of Civil Liberties of New York said earlier on Twitter that he had received "some information about ICE in metro stations, but none has been proven".
A senior administration official said Sunday that the operation had begun. Its goal is to detain and deport about 2,000 undocumented immigrants who have been deported from the United States to immigration courts.
What to know about planned ICE raids
The raids are scheduled for Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco, a senior immigration official announced. New Orleans is also on the list but the city tweeted last week US immigration and customs services have announced that they will suspend their weekend operations in areas affected by Tropical Storm Barry, which weakened Sunday into a tropical depression.

Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, told CNN on Monday that he did not know how many people had been arrested because the acting director of the US Department of Homeland Security said he had been arrested. ICE did not tell him.

When asked why he did not have details, Cuccinelli said: "Probably because the operational details are contained in the agency performing the operation, as it should be."

On Sunday, Cuccinelli called the ICE business raids normal and cited statistics showing that ICE expelled fewer people under President Donald Trump than under President Barack Obama.

"It's their job every day, we have compassionate and loyal ICE agents who are just doing their job," he said. "This shows how much we have fallen to the point where it has become increasingly urgent to deport people who have a removal order."

The news of planned raids has sparked fear among immigrant communities.

Throughout the United States, lobbyists conducted neighborhood surveys, handing leaflets to residents telling them what to do if ICE agents came to their door.

The lawyers told CNN that they were not lowering their guard.

"I'm afraid they're conducting sweeps Monday or Tuesday," Cabrera said. "They can not, but lying to us could be part of the game."

CNN's Jim Acosta, Priscilla Alvarez, Devan Cole, Kevin Liptak, Taylor Romine, Rosa Flores and Jake Tapper contributed to this report.

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