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Thursday Briefing: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
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Trump bolstered plans for an immigration crackdown
President Trump is taking steps to make good on his campaign promise to enact mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. The Justice Department told U.S. attorneys in a memo issued yesterday to investigate and prosecute state and city officials if they refused to enforce the administration’s new immigration policies.
The move comes as the Homeland Security Department prepares to make raids in cities with high numbers of undocumented immigrants. About a dozen states and hundreds of cities across the country consider themselves “sanctuaries” for undocumented immigrants, and the raids raise the possibility of clashes with federal authorities.
The Trump team, concerned that career department employees will not execute orders they deem to be immoral or unlawful, has considered taking disciplinary actions against prosecutors who refuse to comply.
The U.S. has as many as 14 million undocumented immigrants.
Border control: Officials said the Pentagon would be sending 1,500 troops to the U.S. border with Mexico by the end of the month to fulfill one of Trump’s main goals to stem the flow of migrants into the U.S.
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