The administration has reversed many of Trump's changes and enacted new policies, including limiting arrests of pregnant women.
As Anastasia Abarca left for work at 4:40 a.m., four immigration officers appeared at the door.Abarca, a Mexican immigrant, was in the country without legal status. But she wasn’t the one they were looking for, and she had no criminal record.
Abarca hopes to one day get her U.S. citizenship, so she can live free from fear — and so she can visit her family in Mexico. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents transfer an immigrant after an early morning raid in Duarte. “Trump used ICE as the tip of the spear for his political agenda,” said John Sandweg, who led the agency during the Obama administration. “You certainly have none of that. That has all gone away. The agency is adhering to common sense priorities.”Four agents involved in the incident have been referred for possible discipline, but the results of that process have not been finalized.
Throughout the spring, White House officials pushed ICE for more deportations from a program called the “dedicated docket” that focuses on families, including many asylum seekers, who recently crossed the border, according to three sources with knowledge of the situation who were not authorized to comment publicly.
Those options included detaining families in hotels and deporting them within 48 hours, arresting one of two adults in a family and fining families that did not leave the country. “They want the deterrent factor. They want removals,” said an administration official who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
Immigrants seeking asylum hold hands as they leave a cafeteria at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Dilley, Texas. The changes have pleased some immigrant advocates, while others argue that ICE is still arresting and detaining too many people. But those in favor of stricter immigration enforcement say the Biden administration is sending the wrong message.
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