The Department of Homeland Security issued two memos this week that offer the most detailed look yet at how the Trump administration plans to ramp up immigration enforcement in the coming weeks and months.
The memos, signed by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, outline policies that target the parents of Central American children who arrive alone at the US-Mexico border; expand the immigrant detention system; and make virtually anyone who is in the country without permission a priority for deportation.
The documents were drafted in response to two executive orders that President Donald Trump signed during his first week in office. At the time, coverage of Trump's actions focused on how they would help achieve his promises to build a border wall and target so-called "sanctuary cities," overlooking some of the key practical issues that determine how immigration agents conduct day-to-day business.
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