Immigration Arrests Have Risen 39% Under Trump, Administration Says
- President elected on campaign promising tougher enforcement
- With border wall unfunded, Trump promotes action elsewhere
Vehicles drive past a section of a border fence that separates the U.S. and Mexico in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on Feb. 17, 2017.
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Immigration arrests have risen 39 percent since President Donald Trump took office promising a tougher stance on undocumented immigrants, the administration announced Wednesday.
Thomas Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, credited priorities set by Trump for the rise in immigration arrests. Trump has “allowed my officers to do what they do best: uphold the integrity of our borders and our immigration system by enforcing the laws as they were written.”