It is now clear more than ever. The new ICE Director announced to all undocumented immigrants: “YOU NEED TO BE WORRIED”
On Tuesday 06/13/2017, Acting ICE director said the Trump administration will continue arresting undocumented immigrants who haven’t been convicted of crimes and won’t apologize for it.
Acting Director Thomas Homan told the House Appropriations Committee’s Homeland Security Subcommittee. “You should look over your shoulder, and you need to be worried.”
Following up on Trump’s campaign promise to drive out more undocumented immigrants, ICE arrests rose significantly during the president’s first 100 days in office, compared with the same period the year before. About one-quarter of those arrested ― more than 10,800 people ― were non-criminals, meaning they did not have authorization to be in the U.S., but had not been convicted of a crime. (Being in the U.S. without legal status is a civil offense, although it is a crime to cross the border illegally.)
ICE Acting Director Thomas Homan said “If we wait for [non-criminal undocumented immigrants] to violate yet another law against a citizen of this country, then it’s too late. We shouldn’t wait for them to become a criminal.”
Homan said it’s important to arrest non-criminals, because otherwise it sends the message that so long as people get into the country, they can stay unless they’re caught breaking another law. The fact that border crossings are down under Trump is evidence that ICE arrests are a deterrent, he said.
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