Just a day after Trump issued a slate of executive orders aimed at restricting immigration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was rescinding protections for “sensitive zones” where undocumented immigrants were protected from deportation.
Scores of Democrats joined Republicans in approving the measure, even though existing law already allows immigrants with contested legal status who are convicted of sex crimes to be deported.
Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.
Here's what we know so far about ICE enforcement operations in the wake of several immigration-related executive orders Trump signed.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in the first days of the Trump administration, has made hundreds of arrests of illegal immigrants across the U.S.
Critics of the domestic violence bill, including several Democratic lawmakers and victims' advocacy groups, argue it could harm victims of abuse. They point out that it lacks exceptions for self-defense or situations where abusers accuse their victims of violence, protections currently included in existing law.
After DHS revoked previous guidance for immigration enforcement, we VERIFY if ICE agents can now enter schools, churches and hospitals.
The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
That guidance restricted immigration enforcement ... and domestic violence shelters, among others. CBP and ICE enforce immigration laws at the border and inside the U.S., respectively.
The Trump administration this week directed federal prosecutors across the country to investigate and potentially prosecute local officials who get in the way of its immigration crackdown.
APD Chief Lisa Davis did not know the number of warrants federal agents served or the immigration status of those involved.
ICE agents are currently searching for illegal resident criminals, and not those like Oscar, above, from NY Immigration Coalition, Facebook By Dan Murphy Westchester residents will soon see more agents from the US Immigration Customs & Enforcement (ICE).