President Trump has signed 10 executive orders on immigration and issued a slew of edicts to carry out promises of mass deportations and border security.
TPD will comply with state regulation, which says that local police do not enforce civil federal immigration laws. Tacoma police officers also will not inquire into a person’s immigration status unless it is connection to a criminal investigation, the release said.
On Monday, the Florida Highway Patrol conducted a joint operation with federal immigration officers in Jefferson County to round up 12 people believed to be in the country illegally, one of a number of raids performed around the country as the Trump administration ramps up its plans for mass deportation.
Border czar Tom Homan was embedded with U.S. Immigrationand CustomsEnforcement officers during the operation. "You're going to see the numbers steadily increase, the number of arrests nationwide ...
A range of federal agencies conducted "enhanced targeted operations" in Chicago Sunday "to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety," a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.
The measure is a response to a new directive from President Donald Trump’s administration that removes immigration enforcement restrictions at schools and other “sensitive places.”