Trump’s Definition of Deportable Called Broad and Vague

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In addition to expanding the definition of who is deportable, President Trump has also authorized the hiring of 10,000 new U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement officers, which would triple the agency’s size. Photo courtesy of New America Media

By Elena Shore, New America Media

One of President Trump’s executive orders on immigration dramatically expanded priorities that determine who can be deported. Immigrant rights advocates and attorneys say that under the expanded definition, nearly any undocumented immigrant could be considered a target.

This “reprioritization — non-prioritization really” — of who is deportable is “one of the most troubling aspects of Trump’s executive order on interior enforcement,” according to Melissa Keaney, staff attorney at the National Immigration Law Center.

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