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President Donald Trump ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to expand its “single largest Mass Deportation Program in History” on Sunday night — and some critics have fumed over his targeting of Democrat-run cities.
Tonight' host criticized the president for sending National Guard troops and Marines into Los Angeles: "Why would you send troops if there is nothing for them to do?"
CNN's chief data analyst Harry Enten said on Friday that the latest Quinnipiac University and Associated Press-NORC polls, which had Trump's approval rating at 38 and 39 percent respectively, were "awful, awful, awful" for the president.
In the past, state lawmakers have largely left immigration enforcement to federal investigators. But this year, Ohio Republicans have introduced multiple bills that seek to curb illegal immigration and penalize local officials who get in the way of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
When President Donald Trump put 2,000 National Guard troops under his control on Saturday night and ordered them into Los Angeles, it was billed as an urgent response to quell protests. But it was also a move long in the making.
Arizona v. United States has been consistently applied for over a decade, but the current administration's methods may not fit the 'spirit' of the decision.
The Trump administration's immigration enforcement mostly left farms and meat packing plants alone, until coordinated raids last week. Now, President Trump is signaling continued support for farmers.
In the days before protests erupted in Los Angeles, the Trump administration stepped up its efforts to detain migrants — taking into custody those who arrived for routine check-ins while also conducting workplace raids that have sent waves of fear across Southern California and beyond.