Cent Increase: Immigration Arrests

cent increase: The numbers released by Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan provide a snapshot of how the new president is carrying through on his campaign promises to make immigration enforcement a top priority, according to Metro News. Overall, 41,300 people were arrested for deportation, a 38 per cent increase from a comparable period last year. U.S. immigration arrests increased nearly 40 per cent in early 2017 as newly emboldened agents under President Donald Trump detained more than 40,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally with a renewed focus on immigrants without criminal convictions. Nearly 11,000 had no criminal convictions, more than double the number of immigrants without criminal convictions arrested during a comparable period last year. Their job is to enforce the law, and that is exactly what they're doing, he said. Homan said the increase in arrests stems from stepped up immigration enforcement, adding that morale has improved among agents under Trump because they are allowed to do their job. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.