[47] The New York Sun reported that Ball, who has called for some local prison and police officials to be trained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to
help deport illegal immigrants, defines himself as a moderate on the immigration issue.
Obama has threatened to veto the bill because it would block spending on his executive actions on immigration, including an order to
stop deporting illegal immigrants brought into the United States as young children.
The Department of Homeland Security would get a 6.8 % increase, with more money for extra staff needed to catch, detain and
deport illegal immigrants.
His government has issued new orders to begin arresting and
deporting illegal immigrants, many of them Mexicans.
Republicans are divided on how to confront illegal immigration between a platform that allows for migrant workers and a path to citizenship (supported by establishment types), versus a position focused on securing the border and
deporting illegal immigrants (supported by populists).
Trump may be rethinking his pledge to
deport illegal immigrants, his new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway suggested in an interview.