US To Increase Number Of Immigrants Targeted For Deportation

Participants in a rally in support of immigrant rights in Los Angeles, California on February 18, 2017. Organizers called for an immediate stop to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and deportations ... Participants in a rally in support of immigrant rights in Los Angeles, California on February 18, 2017. Organizers called for an immediate stop to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and deportations of illegal immigrants and to officially establish Los Angeles as a sanctuary city. (Photo by Ronen Tivony) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***(Sipa via AP Images) MORE LESS
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department is greatly expanding the number of people living in the U.S. illegally who are considered a deportation priority.

The new guidelines under President Donald Trump call for the deportation of any individuals in the country illegally if they are convicted, charged or suspected of a crime, which could include traffic infractions.

Department memos released Tuesday eliminate guidelines under the Obama administration that focused enforcement on immigrants in the United States illegally who have been convicted of serious crimes or are a threat to national security. The Obama administration also focused its enforcement resources on people who had just crossed the border.

The new guidelines also called to send some immigrants caught crossing the Mexican border illegally back to Mexico, regardless of where they are from.

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  1. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    Coming soon: Newly minted vigilante ICE agents stopping all brown people and demanding to see their papers. Refusal to comply? You are now accused of a crime and on a bus to the Mexican border. See how easy this is?

  2. I reckon we’ll be seeing the effects of this by the end of the year in areas like agriculture, construction, service sector jobs in border towns.

  3. will it be a quota system for ICE agents like the cops are ‘not’ supposed to be given for handing out tickets or will it just be a straight bounty system?

    will Joe Arpaio be put in charge?

  4. Suspected? Charged? So… no due process. You look guilty to me.

  5. We really ARE horrible people aren’t we? I spent my whole life believing in America. I believed t he whole ‘give me your tired your poor’. I embraced the immigrant stories…the Kennedy’s, the Carnegies, the more recent Indian success stories. I believed we could do anything and now we are being run by the Rich, for the Rich and at least 40% of the country seems to think that is OK.

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