Global Politics Report Editorial
Trump administration expands mass deportations with noncriminals
A surge in immigration arrests is sweeping up immigrants with no criminal record whatsoever, including many who were already known by the government, as officers push to meet quotas set by the Trump administration. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers broke records for the second Trump administration with back-to-back months of arrests topping 50,000…
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Source: The Hill
Politics desk: Government
Published: Sep. 06, 2026 at 05:00 PM ET
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Original source: The Hill