Border Patrol to move away from mass immigration raids amid low support: report

KANIKA SINGH RATHORE,

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America border Patrol It is reportedly moving away from widespread immigration raids at Home Depot and other locations to make the operation more tailored to specific individuals, according to a report.

under superior Border Patrol Officer Gregory BovinoAccording to Homeland Security sources, the teams will begin to focus their attention on specific targets, including undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes. told News Nation,

Since the enforcement drive began, the administration claims to be targeting “The worst of the worst,” But government data shows that less than 30 percent of those detained or deported had criminal convictions.

Instead, the administration is conducting raids in places where large populations of undocumented immigrants live or work. Some of these have been arrested and deported US Army VeteranParents of US citizen children, student on visa, And hundreds of thousands of others.

As a result, President Donald Trump’s approval ratings continue to rise. Immigration has sunk That went from 49 percent in April to 38 percent in December, according to the AP-NORC survey.

Border Patrol operations, under senior officer Gregory Bovino, will move toward more individual targets rather than broader operations

Border Patrol operations, under senior officer Gregory Bovino, will move toward more individual targets rather than broader operations ,getty images,

It appears that, in order to improve public acceptance of immigration raids, the Border Patrol is changing its tactics.

However, in a statement IndependentA spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security denied NewsNation’s report, saying, “We are always approaching the worst-case scenario first. There are no operational changes to announce.”

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Ongoing mass campaigns like the “Catahoula Crunch” are expected to continue in New Orleans, NewsNation reports.

Those sweeping operations in Chicago, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Washington, DC, Portland and other cities have received widespread negative attention for the aggressive tactics used by Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other departments.

Members of communities have pushed back against law enforcement, Clashes broke out between protesters and immigration enforcement Throughout the country.

Border Patrol enforcement officers have clashed with protesters while conducting immigration operations across the country

Border Patrol enforcement officers have clashed with protesters while conducting immigration operations across the country ,AFP via Getty Images,

A signature pillar of Trump’s agenda is mass deportation. During the campaign, he promised to deport undocumented immigrants, whom he falsely described as “criminals.” In the administration, officials like Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff and architect of Trump’s immigration deportations, There has been pressure on officials to increase deportation numbers.

It is under that pressure that the enforcement authorities have launched a massive operation.

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