MISSION, Texas (Border Report) -- The president and CEO of the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights organization says the U.S. economy and families are being "devasted" by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.

Janet Murguía, president and CEO of UnidosUS, told Hispanic Latina leaders on Thursday that employees throughout the country, including the South Texas border, are afraid to go to work and families are scared to go to school and doctor's appointments for fear ICE agents will arrest and deport them.

"The Rio Grande Valley is also seeing the impact of ICE raids and the administration's increase in funding for mass deportations," Murguía told about 400 people attending the Latina Leadership Conference 2025 hosted by the RGV Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

"Any of those who

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