An Executive Order signed by Donald Trump on January 25, 2017 entitled Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements has raised many concerns over the scope and potential impacts of the order.
The order calls for the immediate construction of a physical wall (“a contiguous…impassable physical barrier”) along the southern border between the United States and Mexico (the length of which is approximately 2,000 miles); the immediate construction of detention facilities to detain aliens along that border; an increased number of asylum officers (whose purpose is to determine the credibility of persons seeking asylum, which relief the order claims is being abused) and border patrol agents; and seeks to make State and local law enforcement officers perform the functions of the INS.
The order also instructs prosecutorial agencies to prioritize immigration offenders from Mexico specifically.
For more details on the order and the issues raised thereby, click theintercept.com article below:
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