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Trump: Trump Administration and Enforcement Priority

trump: The documents represent a sweeping rewrite of the nation's immigration enforcement priorities, according to Toronto Star. Read the latest news on U.S. President Donald Trump The Homeland Security Department memos, signed by Secretary John Kelly, lay out that any immigrant living in the United States illegally who has been charged or convicted of any crime and even those suspected of a crime will now be an enforcement priority. The Associated Press By Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press Tues., Feb. 21, 2017 WASHINGTON The Trump administration is greatly expanding the number of people living in the U.S. illegally who are considered a priority for deportation, including people arrested for traffic violations, according to agency documents released Tuesday. Now, immigration agents, customs officers and border patrol agents have been directed to remove anyone convicted of any criminal offence. Article Continued Below Homeland Security said in a fact sheet released Tuesday that any person who is in the U.S. illegally is potentially subject to deportation. react-text 155 A man facing deportation is seen in a March 25, 2014, file photo. That could include people arrested for shop lifting or minor traffic offences. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.