"U.S. COULD DEPORT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE."
That's USA Today's above-the-fold headline following the Trump administration's release yesterday of a pair of enforcement memos from the Department of Homeland Security that greatly expand the number of illegals who are a deportation priority.
Alan Gomez writes: "Immigration advocacy groups were crushed. Although Trump recently said his focus would be to deport undocumented immigrants with criminal histories or who pose a threat to national security, the new memos make clear that nearly all undocumented immigrants are at risk."
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Sean Spicer at yesterday's briefing, on whether one of the goals is mass deportation: "No, not at all."
"Major Elements of Trump's New Immigration Policies," by six N.Y. Times reporters:
Who will be deported: "Immigration agents can now focus on picking up and removing anyone charged with or convicted of any criminal offense, even minor ones, as well as anyone already ordered deported, regardless of whether they have a criminal record.
No judge required: "Two decades ago, Congress passed a law allowing the government to quickly deport undocumented immigrants who have not been in the United States very long … [T]he government has used this process … narrowly because of concerns about whether it violates constitutional rights of due process that are granted to anyone in the United States, regardless of immigration status. … The Trump administration is now planning to use expedited removal as extensively as the original law allows."
Statistics and sanctuaries: "The administration is trying to significantly expand the amount of information available on the enforcement of immigration laws and, in particular, unauthorized immigrants who commit crimes."
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