Trump targets migrants in Biden programs, paves way for more state...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : "It's a slippery slope when we think it's okay to suspend the Constitution of the United States in order to make a political point or statement," Baraka said at a press conference on Friday, adding that ICE entered the business without a warrant.
38% : The latest guidance allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to consider stripping active parole from people who entered in the past two years could face legal challenges, one former Biden official said.ICE made some 500 arrests on Thursday, Fox News reported, about a third of which were people without criminal records.
37% : Trump allows ICE to consider stripping "parole" status from recent migrants*Democrats and advocates criticize aggressive enforcement*Legal challenges expected against stripping active parole(Adds details about DHS memo for state and local cooperation in paragraphs 1 and 4)By Ted Hesson and Hannah LangWASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) -The Trump administration is powering ahead with efforts to ramp up immigration enforcement, opening up the possibility of targeting migrants who entered through Biden-era programs and invoking an obscure immigration statute to make it easier to deputize state and local law enforcement to arrest and detain immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
33% : Ras Baraka, the Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, criticized ICE last night for an enforcement action in his city that involved detaining U.S. citizens and a military veteran.
27% : Trump ended those programs on Monday, leaving some migrants in Mexico stranded and unsure of next steps.

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