“The level of ICE enforcement that we’ve seen in the past few weeks is
unprecedented,” one attorney said.
President Donald Trump’s promised
crackdown on undocumented immigrants is in full force this week, with increased
deportation efforts around the country, activists and elected officials said
Friday.
Immigrant rights advocates reported
an uptick in Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests ― including the
detention of people who were considered low priority for removal until Trump
signed an order last month making nearly every undocumented immigrant an
important target for deportation.
ICE officials initially said that this
week’s actions were “routine” and nothing outside the ordinary.
But in a
conference call with reporters Friday evening, an ICE official appeared to
contradict that statement, saying that the agencies targeted several cities in
an “enforcement surge.”
ICE official in LA
just told reporters on a conference call that the agency has been targeting LA,
NY, and Chicago in an “enforcement surge”
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