Washington (CNN) A meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement intended to mollify lawmakers who are concerned one week after a round-up of nearly 700 undocumented immigrants had the opposite effect Thursday, as organizers expelled rank-and-file members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. The Democratic lawmakers decried the Trump administration and Republicans for keeping the caucus out of the meeting after they were canceled on earlier in the week. The topic of the meeting was last week's enforcement actions by ICE. CHC members had requested the meeting to get information on who was targeted by the raids -- and whether the sweep was broader than similar enforcement by the Obama administration.The speaker's office said the goal was to include lawmakers with jurisdictionICE had canceled a meeting with CHC and asked for a bipartisan meeting instead
"Members of the CHC expressed interest in attending, and to accommodate the request, we welcomed the chair of the _ to join on behalf of the other members. But lawmakers were furious at being excluded, with many saying their constituents are "panicked" about the recent _ enforcement and unsure if their communities are safe. According to a fact sheet from _ given out at the meeting and provided to CNN by a Democratic aide, 176 non-criminal undocumented immigrants were arrested in the sweeps across five enforcement regions.