So much for claims that Trump's deportations only target “bad
hombres.”—TPOI editor
By David Nakamura, Washington Post
February 18, 2017
Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly has signed
sweeping new guidelines that empower federal authorities to more aggressively
detain and deport illegal immigrants inside the United States and at the
border.
In a pair of memos, Kelly offered more detail on plans for
the agency to hire thousands of additional enforcement agents, expand the pool
of immigrants who are prioritized for removal, speed up deportation hearings
and enlist local law enforcement to help make arrests.
The new directives would supersede nearly all of those
issued under previous administrations, Kelly said, including measures from
President Barack Obama aimed at focusing deportations exclusively on hardened
criminals and those with terrorist ties.[...]
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/memos-signed-by-dhs-secretary-describe-sweeping-new-guidelines-for-deporting-illegal-immigrants/2017/02/18/7538c072-f62c-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html
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