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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stepped up arrests last week, picking up about 1,000 people per day - three times the daily average last year.
41% : The Alien Enemies Act could allow Trump to rapidly deport migrants deemed part of an "invasion or predatory incursion" - a novel use of a law previously only invoked in wartime.
39% : Trump expanded a fast-track deportation process known as expedited removal, but it only applies to those in the U.S. for two years or less and still gives migrants the ability to claim asylum.
37% : After taking office, Trump ordered military and immigration officials to be ready by Feb. 3 to implement the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, last used to justify internment camps for people of Japanese, German and Italian descent during World War Two.
37% : Military officials said they would set up a detention site on a space base in Aurora, Colorado, a city Trump has portrayed as controlled by migrant gangs despite pushback from local leaders.
36% : Trump said during his Jan. 20 inaugural speech that he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act "to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement" to target criminals and designate criminal cartels as terrorist organizations.
35% : Alien Enemies Act could bypass immigration courts for rapid deportations*Trump's plan could face legal challenges from civil rights groups*Trump administration ramps up detention space and ICE arrestsBy Ted Hesson and Kristina CookeWASHINGTON, Feb 3 - President Donald Trump is set to test the limits of his immigration crackdown by invoking a wartime law to deport immigrants alleged to be gang members without court hearings, a broad authority that could supercharge his mass deportation push and potentially sweep in people not charged with crimes.
33% : On Saturday, Trump said Venezuela had agreed to accept all deportees, but provided few details.
32% : Trump issued a flurry of executive actions to redirect military resources to support the mass deportation effort and empowered U.S. immigration officers to make more arrests, including at schools, churches and hospitals - even though those specific measures are unpopular and highly contested by civil and immigrant rights groups.
32% : Trump last week ordered the expansion of a migrant detention site in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold up to 30,000 people.
22% : Despite his hardline rhetoric, Trump in his first term deported fewer people than Obama, his Democratic predecessor.
19% : Trump, a Republican, stormed back into the White House promising to deport millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally - an action he said was necessary after high levels of illegal immigration under Democrat Joe Biden.
14% : Biden deported more in fiscal year 2024 than Trump during any single year of his 2017-2021 presidency.

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