Internal memo reveals ICE officers have free rein to detain any undocumented immigrant

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been instructed to place any undocumented immigrant they encounter in deportation proceedings regardless of their criminal history, according to an internal agency memo obtained by ProPublica.
Matthew Albence — the executive associate director for the ICE division in charge of deportation proceedings — wrote to the agency’s current staff of 5,700 deportation officers that “effective immediately, ERO [Enforcement and Removal Operations] officers will take enforcement action against all removable aliens encountered in the course of their duties.”
The memo also includes a priority list of undocumented immigrants for ERO officers to detain and put in removal proceedings. But the list appears broad enough to cover all categories of undocumented immigrants, including those who in the immigration officer’s judgement could “pose a risk to public safety or national security.”
The memo represents an even harsher stance toward undocumented immigrants than President Donald Trump has publicly articulated.

More at: https://thinkprogress.org/ice-memo-d...s-450f2252d5e5

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“effective immediately, ERO [Enforcement and Removal Operations] officers will take enforcement action against all removable aliens encountered in the course of their duties.”

They're going to actually enforce the laws as written? Yes, that is astonishing!