Government Security News February 2017 Digital Edition

Abandoning priorities will make
immigration enforcement work
much harder
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ty, or in the case of recent border
crossers, whose unauthorized
presence undermined efforts to
secure the border. At each step
of the way, the emphasis was on
assessing individual equities.
Balancing equities is hard
work, and the series of memos
issued from 2010 to 2014 on
enforcement priorities and the
exercise of discretion were attempts
to ensure that people did
the hard work of individually
reviewing and thinking through
the implications of each case.
Many officers will continue to
make their decisions to arrest
and detain based on a belief that
exercising favorable discretion is
part of their job. But some, especially
those who didn’t like the
idea that they were being told
how to prioritize their work, may
not do so. In fact, some will see
it as their duty and obligation to
arrest everyone, no matter the
compelling circumstances. And
that is what can lead to chaos.
Does guidance serve as a constraint
on power? Of course, but
that isn’t a bad thing. Everyone
needs guidance to do their jobs,
especially when their jobs have
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life and death implications for
others. By stripping away much,
if not all, of the guidance of the
last eight years, and offering
nothing in its place, DHS just
made its officers’ jobs harder,
not easier.
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New memos reveal harsh and
unforgiving immigration road
map as DHS implements President
Trump’s Executive Orders
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United States. They even include
individuals simply charged or
suspected of having committed
crimes.
Creation of a deportation force.
The memos order the hiring of
5,000 additional Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) agents
and 10,000 additional Immigration
and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) agents. They direct a massive
expansion of 287(g)—a law
that allows DHS to deputize state
and local law enforcement officers
to perform the functions
of immigration agents. And,
they reinstate Secure Communities
and terminate the Priority
Enforcement Program, which
expand the ways in which local
police collaborate with ICE. This
approach will have devastating
consequences for immigrant
communities and undermine
public safety rather than make
our nation more secure.
Plans to bypass immigration
courts and short-circuit due
process. The memos indicate
that many people in the interior
of the country – not just those at
the border – could be subject to
expedited deportation without