A directive from the head of ICE’s enforcement unit appears
to push for tougher action than the Trump administration has publicly promised.
By Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica
July 7, 2017
The head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit in
charge of deportations has directed his officers to take action against all
undocumented immigrants they may cross paths with, regardless of criminal
histories. The guidance appears to go beyond the Trump administration’s
publicly stated aims, and some advocates say may explain a marked increase in
immigration arrests.
In a February
memo, Matthew Albence, a career official who heads the Enforcement and
Removal Operations division of ICE, informed his 5,700 deportation officers
that, “effective immediately, ERO officers will take enforcement action against
all removable aliens encountered in the course of their duties.”[…]
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