Trump vows to use local police to deport migrants. Could he do it?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump vows to use local police to deport migrants. Could he do it?

NPR  

Trump vows to use local police to deport migrants. Sponsor Message Legal scholars question the feasibility of the first two options, but they say the last one, using local law enforcement agencies to question and detain undocumented immigrants, is a more likely scenario. A Trump administration could simply push local law enforcement to ramp up the existing program of collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It doesn't give them any funding.” Many local law enforcement agencies also believe partnering with immigration authorities creates an environment of distrust with the communities they’re trying to serve, especially in places with a high number of immigrants and Latinos who could be racially profiled. Davis, says a Trump administration could threaten to cut federal funds to local police if they refuse to partner with federal immigration enforcement.

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'Not going to cooperate': Border state sheriffs throw wrench in Trump’s deportation plan
6 days, 4 hours ago

'Not going to cooperate': Border state sheriffs throw wrench in Trump’s deportation plan

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump's advisers have been hoping county sheriffs in border states will assist with the incoming administration's mass deportation campaign. And Yuma County, Arizona Sheriff Leon Wilmot told WIRED that the Supreme Court has already established that enforcing immigration law is outside the jurisdiction of local police departments and sheriffs' offices. I've got cases that are open.” Other border …

Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump’s mass deportation effort
1 week, 6 days ago

Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump’s mass deportation effort

Associated Press  

— As President-elect Donald Trump assembles his administration, Republican governors and lawmakers in some states are already rolling out proposals that could help him carry out his pledge to deport millions of people living in the U.S. illegally. In Missouri, Trent’s bill would empower local law officers to arrest people for a new state crime of “improper entry by an …

Dem Governors Are Vowing To Fight Trump’s Mass Deportations. Most Aren’t Prepared.
1 month, 1 week ago

Dem Governors Are Vowing To Fight Trump’s Mass Deportations. Most Aren’t Prepared.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Democratic governors around the country are vowing to fight President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to round up and deport millions of undocumented immigrants. The governors in the strongest position to counter Trump’s mass deportations are those with state laws explicitly barring local and state law enforcement from coordinating with the federal government to identify, detain and …

Donald Trump’s immigration policy would use local police to initiate mass deportations.
54 years, 11 months ago

Donald Trump’s immigration policy would use local police to initiate mass deportations.

Slate  

The largest mass deportation in American history starts on Jan. 20. Expect a reprisal of controversial Trump-era policies like separating children from their parents at the border; the Remain in Mexico policy, which forced asylum-seekers to live in Mexico while awaiting a court date; the Muslim ban, which barred new arrivals from a handful of countries in the Middle East …

Trump says he’ll undertake the ‘largest deportation’ in U.S. history. Can he do that?
2 months ago

Trump says he’ll undertake the ‘largest deportation’ in U.S. history. Can he do that?

LA Times  

Donald Trump, at an unfinished section of border wall in Texas in 2021, now says he’ll invoke the 18th century Alien Enemies Act to enable mass deportations if elected. “If you’re in the country illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.” Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said the administration would start by deporting immigrants who have committed crimes. …

Trump's ex-immigration chief Chad Wolf says Americans must get used to mass illegal migrant deportations again and reveals how local police can help
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump's ex-immigration chief Chad Wolf says Americans must get used to mass illegal migrant deportations again and reveals how local police can help

Daily Mail  

He said the border and immigration crisis is the worst its been in U.S. history Americans need to get used to migrant deportations again as chaos engulfs the border, Donald Trump's former border boss Chad Wolf told DailyMail.com exclusively. In particular, Wolf suggested using Immigration and Customs Enforcement's 287 program, which allows the agency to delegate to state and local …

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