--- title: Democrats Slam Planned Raids of Undocumented Immigrants description: The presidential candidates raised big concerns about the plans canonical: https://time.com/4161415/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-undocumented-immigrants/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-25T14:39:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:38:06.563Z article:section: Politics og:title: Democrats Candidates Slam Planned Raids of Undocumented Immigrants og:description: The presidential candidates raised big concerns about the plans og:url: https://time.com/4161415/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-undocumented-immigrants/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75d824f01c79458b/698876dc428a9e3264cd0b96/border-immigrant-families.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: RIO GRANDE CITY, TX - DECEMBER 07: A father holds his sleeping son, 3, after they and other undocumented immmigrants were detained by Border Patrol agents on December 7, 2015 near Rio Grande City, Texas. They had just illigally crossed the U.S.-Mexico b og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Democrats Candidates Slam Planned Raids of Undocumented Immigrants twitter:description: The presidential candidates raised big concerns about the plans twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75d824f01c79458b/698876dc428a9e3264cd0b96/border-immigrant-families.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Democratic Candidates Slam Planned Deportation of Undocumented Immigrants by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Dec 25, 2015 2:39 PM UTC  A father holds his sleeping son, 3, after they and other undocumented immigrants were detained by Border Patrol agents near Rio Grande City, Tx., on Dec. 7, 2015. A father holds his sleeping son, 3, after they and other undocumented immigrants were detained by Border Patrol agents near Rio Grande City, Tx., on Dec. 7, 2015.John Moore—Getty Images by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Dec 25, 2015 2:39 PM UTC A _Washington Post_ [report ](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/us-plans-raids-deport-families-who-surged-across-border-washington-post)detailing planned raids to deport hundreds of families who have fled from Central America to the United States illegally has yielded an emotional reaction from the Democratic presidential field. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley both took to Twitter Thursday to condemn the raids, which could start as early as January, sources familiar with the operation told the _Post_. And a spokeswoman for Hillary Clinton responded in a statement to NBC that the Democratic front-runner has “real concerns.” “Hillary Clinton has real concerns about these reports, especially as families are coming together… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/sanders-o-malley-condemn-planned-us-raids-undocumented-immigrants-n485666) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4161415/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-undocumented-immigrants/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4161415/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-undocumented-immigrants/"},"headline":"Democratic Candidates Slam Planned Deportation of Undocumented Immigrants","datePublished":"2015-12-25T14:39:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:38:06.563Z","description":"The presidential candidates raised big concerns about the plans","url":"https://time.com/4161415/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-undocumented-immigrants/","keywords":["National Security","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75d824f01c79458b/698876dc428a9e3264cd0b96/border-immigrant-families.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75d824f01c79458b/698876dc428a9e3264cd0b96/border-immigrant-families.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"RIO GRANDE CITY, TX - DECEMBER 07: A father holds his sleeping son, 3, after they and other undocumented immmigrants were detained by Border Patrol agents on December 7, 2015 near Rio Grande City, Texas. 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