UPDATED: FRIDAY, FEB. 10, 2017, 9:19 P.M.
By Abigail Hauslohner, Lisa Rein, Sandhya Someshekhar Abigail Hauslohner, Lisa Rein and Sandhya SomeshekharWashington Post
U.S. immigration authorities arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in at least a half-dozen states this week in a series of raids that marked the first large-scale enforcement of President Donald Trump’s Jan. 26 order to crack down on the estimated 11 million immigrants living here illegally.
The raids, which officials said targeted known criminals, also netted some immigrants who did not have criminal records, an apparent departure from similar enforcement waves during former President Barack Obama’s administration that aimed to just corral and deport those who had committed crimes.
Trump has pledged to deport up to 3 million undocumented immigrants with criminal records. Last month he also made a change to the Obama administration’s policy of prioritizing deportation for convicted criminals, substantially broadening the scope of who the Department of Homeland Security can target, to include those with only minor offenses or those with no convictions at all.
Immigration officials confirmed that agents this week raided homes and workplaces in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, the Los Angeles area, North Carolina and South Carolina, netting hundreds of people. But Gillian Christensen, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said they were part of “routine” immigration enforcement actions. ICE dislikes the term “raids,” and prefers to say authorities are conducting “targeted enforcement actions.”
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/feb/10/federal-agents-conduct-sweeping-immigration-enforc/
We’ve been waiting a long time for this.
As expected, the mainstream media are reporting it along the lines of breaking-up families. No mention of the targets being felons.
this is great news.
The situation with liberal media and libs in general is catastrophic. I think the government should focus more on the anarchists that are wrecking havoc at every turn than cleaning up illegal immigrants. The law should be merciless towards these people who have no fear of the law and are instilling stress and anxiety to the regular population who wants law and order. I have yet to hear that someone who burned a flag, broke a storefront, blocked and threatened DeVos etc. is to be sentenced to prison. If indeed they are prosecuting people then Fox & Co should put it up in the main news section and repeat it throughout the day so these animals realize that this country has a government. The more tolerance you show them, the more aggressive they become. Stop the madness.