There are a lot of problems with the resistance to Trump’s
immigration crackdown: lack of coordination in the grassroots movement, faltering
commitment from native-born allies, inadequate sanctuary measures in
self-proclaimed “sanctuary cities.” Still, resistance measures are having an
effect, according to a new report from the Migration Policy Institute.—TPOI
editor
ICE Arrests Under Trump Are Up Significantly Over Latter
Obama Years, But Pushback from California & Other ‘Sanctuaries’ Make Return
to Record Peaks Unlikely
Migration Policy Institute Press Release
May 8, 2018
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has significantly
revved up the immigration enforcement machinery in the U.S. interior, with
arrests and deportations up about 40 percent in its first eight months over a
year earlier. Yet pushback from California and cities such as Chicago, New
York, Boston and Seattle makes it quite unlikely that U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be able to match its record enforcement levels,
the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) finds in a new report.
ICE arrests and removals during fiscal 2017 were about half
their peaks during the early Obama years, before that administration
significantly narrowed its enforcement priorities, effectively shielding all
but a fraction of the nation’s estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants
from deportation.[…]
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Read the report:
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/deportation-machinery
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