Operation Enduring Nuremberg: The Trump Diaspora begins...con carne!

[CountDeMoney]

Because the War on Al-Queso deserves its own thread.

President Trump's Harsh Immigration Policy Is Now a Reality
New Homeland Security Department memos prioritize almost all undocumented immigrants for deportation, order the hiring of 10,000 more agents, and more.
The Atlantic

The Department of Homeland Security issued new memos on Tuesday that give U.S. officials sweeping latitude to target "removable aliens" for deportation, effectively making most of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. as priority targets.

The memos, issued by Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, enforce executive orders issued by Trump shortly after taking office. Obama administration policies previously directed immigration officials to focus on convicted criminals instead of the broader undocumented population. Kelly's memos instruct agents to also prioritize undocumented immigrants who have been charged with a crime but not convicted of it, or committed an act that may be criminal offenses but haven't been charged for it. Those categories mean that almost any brush with the American law-enforcement system could make an undocumented immigrant a target for removal.

The memo also prioritizes those who "engaged in fraud or willful misrepresentation in connection with any official matter before a governmental agency" or abused a public-benefit program. That could include undocumented immigrants who use fake Social Security numbers to obtain employment, for example. Finally, the memo includes a catch-all category authorizing immigration officials to remove anyone who they believe to pose a "risk to public safety or national security."

Neither of the memos alter U.S. immigration laws. Instead, they rely on the broad discretion granted to immigration officials by federal statutes to redirect limited resources towards specific enforcement priorities. Under the Obama administration, those priorities typically focused on undocumented immigrants who committed serious crimes. Tuesday's memos instead give U.S. immigration officials far broader latitude on who can be targeted and why.

To help implement the new policies, Kelly also formally authorized Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hire 10,000 new officials. A second memo signed by Kelly on Tuesday that focuses on operations along the U.S. border ordered the hiring of 5,000 new Customs and Border Protection Agents. Those positions would be exempt from the general hiring freeze imposed by Trump in his initial wave of executive orders.

For Trump's supporters, Tuesday's orders come as the first step in fulfilling a central campaign pledge. Few issues animated his presidential run as much as his vociferous opposition to illegal immigration, which included calls for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and an aggressive effort to deport illegal immigrants currently in the country. Those stances, combined with Trump's racist comments comparing Mexican immigrants to murderers and rapists, also drew intense criticism from pro-immigration organizations and civil-rights groups.

"These memos confirm that the Trump administration is willing to trample on due process, human decency, the well-being of our communities, and even protections for vulnerable children, in pursuit of a hyper-aggressive mass deportation policy," Omar Jadwat, the director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, said in a statement. "However, President Trump does not have the last word here — the courts and the public will not allow this un-American dream to become reality."

Kelly's memos also expanded the tools U.S. immigration agencies can use. It authorized federal agencies to expand the 287(g) program, which deputizes state and local law-enforcement departments to enforce some aspects of U.S. immigration laws. According to the memo, 32 agencies in 16 states are currently participating in it. The Marshall Project reported that more than 175,000 people were deported through the program between 2006 and 2013.

Other provisions shift resources toward victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, whom Trump frequently invoked on the campaign trail. The memo also orders ICE to publicly release statistical reports on a monthly basis about undocumented immigrants it apprehends, their country of citizenship, any gang affiliations, and other data.

One of those reports will target so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal agencies enforcing immigration laws. Under the directive, ICE will release data on non-federal jurisdictions that release non-citizens from custody despite requests from ICE or other immigration agencies to hold them. The data will include each non-citizen's nation of origin, immigration status, previous and subsequent criminal convictions, and a reason why the ICE hold request wasn't honored—a clear effort to publicly highlight jurisdictions that refuse to help the Trump administration's efforts against undocumented immigrants.

But amid the hardline realignment of U.S. immigration policy, the memos also had a notable exception: The Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields from immediate deportation undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children. That program's fate—and the fate of its estimated 750,000 participants in the program—will be addressed in "future guidance," the memo said.

[CountDeMoney]

The Post's View
Opinion
The Trump administration's blueprint for mass removals, with a streak of cruelty
The Editorial Board

IN THE fiscal year that ended last fall, the number of undocumented immigrants apprehended on the southwestern border was just a quarter the number in 2000 and less than half the annual count during most of George W. Bush's administration. Although last year's apprehensions in the Southwest rose from the previous year — largely because of unaccompanied minors and families from Central America seeking refugee status — the overall number was among the lowest since the turn of the century.

Nonetheless, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly has somehow conjured what he called a "surge of illegal immigration at the southern border [that] has overwhelmed federal agencies and resources and created a significant national security vulnerability to the United States." Mr. Kelly's unfounded rhetoric is contained in a memorandum, released Tuesday, that provides an inventive rationale to justify the Trump administration's overbroad expansion of deportation efforts. The effect of the new DHS guidelines is to sharply expand the pool of immigrants designated as priorities for deportation.

They do so by various means, including widening the targets of expedited deportation proceedings, until now limited to undocumented immigrants in the country for no more than two weeks and living within 100 miles of the border, to people who entered in the past two years and live anywhere in the nation — a cohort estimated at 800,000 to 1.1 million people. They also target not only people convicted of serious crimes but also those convicted of minor infractions, such as using a false Social Security number to get a job.

The guidelines' subsidiary effects are just as concerning. They compromise law enforcement efforts in counties and cities nationwide by expanding efforts to deputize local police to act as federal deportation agents. That could chill cooperation between local law enforcement agencies and immigrant neighborhoods. The document sends a message of fear through many of America's immigrant communities — not just the estimated 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants, but also their spouses, children and other relatives living legally in the United States.

Administration officials sought to ease such concerns by offering assurances that some enforcement measures will be implemented gradually, including an effort to return Central American refugees to Mexico as they await hearings on asylum claims. That will rely on coordination with Mexican authorities, whose cooperation may be dimmed by Mr. Trump's hostility and his insistence that Mexico will pay for a wall it vehemently opposes.

Sean Spicer, the White House spokesman, likes to echo Mr. Trump's comment that he has "a big heart," the supposed evidence being that the DHS guidelines do not, for now, aim deportation efforts at "dreamers" — the 750,000 young people given work permits and temporarily shielded from removal by the Obama administration. While that is welcome, in other respects a streak of cruelty runs through the new policy. For instance, it seeks to deter the entry of unaccompanied minors by threatening to prosecute parents if they paid smugglers to help their children cross the border. Deterrence is a fair goal if achieved by humane means. In this case, the administration's policies will break up families and harm people leading peaceable lives.

[MadImmortalMan]

You know Seedy---you have a pretty damn good resume for a cushy ICE job. 

[11B4V]

Because the War on Al-Queso deserves its own thread.

President Trump's Harsh Immigration Policy Is Now a Reality
New Homeland Security Department memos prioritize almost all undocumented immigrants for deportation, order the hiring of 10,000 more agents, and more.
The Atlantic

The Department of Homeland Security issued new memos on Tuesday that give U.S. officials sweeping latitude to target "removable aliens" for deportation, effectively making most of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. as priority targets.

The memos, issued by Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, enforce executive orders issued by Trump shortly after taking office. Obama administration policies previously directed immigration officials to focus on convicted criminals instead of the broader undocumented population. Kelly's memos instruct agents to also prioritize undocumented immigrants who have been charged with a crime but not convicted of it, or committed an act that may be criminal offenses but haven't been charged for it. Those categories mean that almost any brush with the American law-enforcement system could make an undocumented immigrant a target for removal.

The memo also prioritizes those who "engaged in fraud or willful misrepresentation in connection with any official matter before a governmental agency" or abused a public-benefit program. That could include undocumented immigrants who use fake Social Security numbers to obtain employment, for example. Finally, the memo includes a catch-all category authorizing immigration officials to remove anyone who they believe to pose a "risk to public safety or national security."

Neither of the memos alter U.S. immigration laws. Instead, they rely on the broad discretion granted to immigration officials by federal statutes to redirect limited resources towards specific enforcement priorities. Under the Obama administration, those priorities typically focused on undocumented immigrants who committed serious crimes. Tuesday's memos instead give U.S. immigration officials far broader latitude on who can be targeted and why.

To help implement the new policies, Kelly also formally authorized Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hire 10,000 new officials. A second memo signed by Kelly on Tuesday that focuses on operations along the U.S. border ordered the hiring of 5,000 new Customs and Border Protection Agents. Those positions would be exempt from the general hiring freeze imposed by Trump in his initial wave of executive orders.

For Trump's supporters, Tuesday's orders come as the first step in fulfilling a central campaign pledge. Few issues animated his presidential run as much as his vociferous opposition to illegal immigration, which included calls for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and an aggressive effort to deport illegal immigrants currently in the country. Those stances, combined with Trump's racist comments comparing Mexican immigrants to murderers and rapists, also drew intense criticism from pro-immigration organizations and civil-rights groups.

"These memos confirm that the Trump administration is willing to trample on due process, human decency, the well-being of our communities, and even protections for vulnerable children, in pursuit of a hyper-aggressive mass deportation policy," Omar Jadwat, the director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, said in a statement. "However, President Trump does not have the last word here — the courts and the public will not allow this un-American dream to become reality."

Kelly's memos also expanded the tools U.S. immigration agencies can use. It authorized federal agencies to expand the 287(g) program, which deputizes state and local law-enforcement departments to enforce some aspects of U.S. immigration laws. According to the memo, 32 agencies in 16 states are currently participating in it. The Marshall Project reported that more than 175,000 people were deported through the program between 2006 and 2013.

Other provisions shift resources toward victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, whom Trump frequently invoked on the campaign trail. The memo also orders ICE to publicly release statistical reports on a monthly basis about undocumented immigrants it apprehends, their country of citizenship, any gang affiliations, and other data.

One of those reports will target so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal agencies enforcing immigration laws. Under the directive, ICE will release data on non-federal jurisdictions that release non-citizens from custody despite requests from ICE or other immigration agencies to hold them. The data will include each non-citizen's nation of origin, immigration status, previous and subsequent criminal convictions, and a reason why the ICE hold request wasn't honored—a clear effort to publicly highlight jurisdictions that refuse to help the Trump administration's efforts against undocumented immigrants.

But amid the hardline realignment of U.S. immigration policy, the memos also had a notable exception: The Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields from immediate deportation undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children. That program's fate—and the fate of its estimated 750,000 participants in the program—will be addressed in "future guidance," the memo said.

Hiring 10k

Seedy you can spreken ze espanol can't you.

[CountDeMoney]

You know Seedy---you have a pretty damn good resume for a cushy ICE job. 

Meh, I did more than my share watching INS deportation officers breaking up entire families on Friday afternoons when I wrote immigration bails, thanks.  I'll pass this time around.

Oh, and fuck working for the Federal government. They have no problem jacking up zero-turn lawn mower drivers, but you have to wait 6 months for a fucking stapler?  All fucking GSs must fucking hang.

[CountDeMoney]

Seedy you can spreken ze espanol can't you.

ADONDE EL BANO POR FAVOR? ES AQUI? GRACIAS!

[Admiral Yi]

Only skimmed, saw no mention of a funding bill.

[Sophie Scholl]

You know Seedy---you have a pretty damn good resume for a cushy ICE job. 

Work from the inside!  CountdeSchindler!

[11B4V]

wo ist die bahnhof gracias? Eine cerveza por favor, danke!

[CountDeMoney]

Only skimmed, saw no mention of a funding bill.

They'll make up for it by reassigning budgetary priorities.  One federal agency's loss is another agency's gain.

[Admiral Yi]

They'll make up for it by reassigning budgetary priorities.  One federal agency's loss is another agency's gain.

Illegal.

[CountDeMoney]

They'll make up for it by reassigning budgetary priorities.  One federal agency's loss is another agency's gain.

Illegal.

We'll see once we get out of Continuing Resolutionland, and FY19 budgets start getting put together.

[Zanza]

wo ist die bahnhof gracias? Eine cerveza por favor, danke!

That's a German tourist in Mallorca.

[11B4V]

wo ist die bahnhof gracias? Eine cerveza por favor, danke!

That's a German tourist in Mallorca.

Also known as Sperman

[viper37]

Only skimmed, saw no mention of a funding bill.

doesn't really matter, does it?  The local police are paid by the States, cities&counties.  Even if deputized, the Feds don't handle the bill, I guess?

As for ICE, well, they will go over budget, the Congress will increase their credit for next year to cover for the deficit.  It's not like the Republicans really want to oppose Trump.