The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is denying a Saturday evening rumor claiming ICE agents were told to stop arresting non-violent illegal migrants.
\n\n“This is false,” the agency announced just after midnight:
\n\nNo one is off the table. We will continue to arrest any and all illegal aliens that come into our path. Anyone in our country illegally will be arrested and deported. In an effort to protect American citizens, ICE has initiated a nationwide public safety surge in sanctuary cities where our brave officers will be targeting criminal illegal aliens—many released from jails by sanctuary politicians—including murderers, rapists, child predators, and gang members.
\n\nThe rumor spread rapidly on Saturday night because many Trump voters see the growing pressure by the GOP’s pro-migration establishment.
\n\nFor example, long-time GOP advisor Karl Rove criticized Trump’s pro-American migration policy during a left-wing event in Texas on Saturday:
\n\nBusiness pressure has prodded Trump to sharply reduce ICE operations against the mass employment of low-wage illegals at hotels, restaurants, gas stations, retail stores, and farms. But Trump has also blocked the inflow of new migrants, and his ICE agency is arresting roughly 50,000 migrants per month.
\n\nDeportations have likely exceeded 2 million, and his deputies…
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