Sentences with phrase «immigration enforcement agents»
The term "immigration enforcement agents" refers to officials who are responsible for detecting, apprehending and deporting individuals who have entered a country illegally or are in violation of immigration laws. Full definition
«We're not going to allow our police officers to be used as immigration enforcement agents,» he said.
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In March, the United States Department of Justice threatened to cut as much as $ 4.1 billion in federal funding to sanctuary cities that don't comply with federal immigration enforcement agents.
The new administration has made lots of promises to tighten our borders and take a harsher stance on immigration — like deporting millions of undocumented workers, building a wall along the southern border, terminating executive amnesty and tripling the number of immigration enforcement agents.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) introduced a bill last Thursday that would oblige immigration enforcement agents to routinely report stops and searches, even if they did not lead to arrests.
«We are not going to turn our police into immigration enforcement agents.
When I recently spoke to former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, she explained how her office put in tremendous effort to ensure that immigration enforcement agents on the ground understood their legal limits.
This program effectively deputizes local police to serve as federal immigration enforcement agents.
In one win for immigrant advocates, negotiators rejected Trump's plans to hire hundreds of new Border Patrol and immigration enforcement agents.
Legally, federal immigration enforcement agents can follow undocumented immigrants wherever they go.
According to an executive action Trump signed Wednesday, cities that don't comply with federal immigration enforcement agents «are not eligible to receive federal grants, except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes by the Attorney General or the Secretary.»