According to an
Associated Press article, a significantly higher percentage of immigration arrests have involved
individuals with no criminal backgrounds. During the final three months
of the Obama administration, 82% of immigration arrests had criminal backgrounds.
During these same three months in 2017, however, only 65% of arrests involved
individuals with criminal backgrounds. In other words, arrests of immigrants
with criminal backgrounds increased 14% in a year’s time, but arrests
of immigrants with no criminal backgrounds nearly tripled. There also
was a 43% increase in the total number of immigration arrests between
the same three-month period in 2016 and in 2017. Although the Trump administration
claims that it continues to prioritize the arrest of immigrants with criminal
records, it also has clearly stated that no undocumented immigrant is
immune from arrest, detention, and deportation. As a result, individuals
who have lived 15 or 20 years or more in the U.S. without incident are
finding themselves subject to deportation. As these individuals were not
priorities under the Obama administration, they were likely to have remained
in the U.S. indefinitely, assuming that they continued to have no criminal
history. Consistent with this approach, John Kelly, former Homeland Security
Secretary, eliminated the Obama-era policy of limiting deportations to
immigrants who pose a public safety threat, convicted criminals, and those
who recently crossed the border without authorization to do so. In today’s
unprecedented era of immigration enforcement, more and more immigrants
are becoming subject to deportation, even after years of living in the
U.S. We are the California deportation defense lawyers to whom you can
turn if you or a loved one are facing deportation proceedings, no matter
whether you are facing criminal charges, you have a criminal conviction,
or you simply have no legal status. Regardless of the complexity or difficulty
of the situation,
Landerholm Immigration, A.P.C.
has the experience, knowledge, and skills to advocate on behalf of you
and your family throughout the course of any deportation proceedings.
Contact our office today and let us answer all of your questions about
any aspect of deportation proceedings.
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