WASHINGTON (CMC):
United States President Donald Trump is deploying elite tactical agents from the country’s southern border to heighten aid in targeting undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants in so-called sanctuary cities, such as New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Sanctuary cities limit cooperation with the administration’s heightened effort to enforce immigration law.
The mayors in these cities say they want to reduce fear of deportation and possible family break-up among immigrants who are in the US illegally, so that such immigrants will be more willing to report crimes, use health and social services, and enrol their children in school.
Lawrence Payne, a spokesman for the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, said last Friday that CBP will be aiding the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency “in order to enhance the integrity of the immigration system, protect public safety and strengthen our national security”.Read More…http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/world-news/20200217/united-states-trump-deploys-elite-agents-targeting-caribbean-immigrants