ICE plans large-scale deportations that "will include families"

The Trump administration is considering a large-scale deportation operation that would include migrant families who did not appear in court to hear that their asylum application had been denied and that their deportation had been ordered.

Mark Morgan, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs, told reporters that the agency is advancing a strategy that, he hopes, will "deter" those who do not fear for their lives and could ask for asylum after an illegal crossing in order to enter the United States and avoid immediate expulsion.

"We have no choice because I see this," Morgan said. "We must take steps to implement the domestic order … We must continue to do everything in our power in the current legal framework, under the laws in force, in the framework of Current statutory obligations of the CIE, to help reduce this humanitarian crisis "Tuesday, said Morgan to a small group of journalists at a round table organized at the agency's headquarters. "This will include families."

Morgan said that he did not mean that ICE was going to "target" families, but added that no type of unauthorized immigrant would be "exempted" from such an operation.

"I think that an important incentive lies in the fact that once you are here and you have complied with all the procedural guarantees in this country and you have received a final expulsion order … We are in a position where we must enforce this to dissuade these people from making this trip, exploit the loopholes and illegally enter our country, "he said.

Morgan would not share details of the plan, including when it would start or what parts of the country might be affected.

Nathalie Asher, who oversees the group of ICE deportations, said that a similar operation was conducted nationwide nationwide in 2015 against people in the process of withdrawal.

"When we were able to influence these moves, we saw a consequence," Asher said.

Morgan insisted that the agency was acting within the legal limits of the 2019 plan, although immigrant rights advocates and Democrats would probably not support it.

"We need to make sure we take on the statutory responsibilities that Congress has adopted," Morgan said. "If they do not like the laws, they can change them.But for the moment, it's the law, it's the mandate of ICE .I am committed to making sure that we apply these laws with compassion and humanity. "

To date, the ICE Group in charge of law enforcement and disposal operations has deported 66,000 people during fiscal year 2019, which began last October and ends in September. .

Morgan, who served as chief of the US border police for three months after President Barack Obama's second term, said he also wanted to impose other unauthorized immigrants, including those with excess visas, were convicted of crimes in the United States and employers hiring undocumented persons.

The Department of Homeland Security has seen more illegal border crossings in April than any month in the past 12 years. About two-thirds of those arrested came from Central America and traveled to the southern border of the United States with a family member. Families are exempt from immediate expulsion under the Flores settlement, unlike single adults from Mexico or other countries. Since families can only be kept in custody for 20 days, families are released, including those who did not apply for asylum.