Feb 21, 2:46 PM EST
US to expand pool of people targeted for deportation
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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.
The documents represent a sweeping rewrite of the nation's immigration enforcement priorities.
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. That could include people arrested for shop lifting or minor traffic offenses.
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