DHS to focus on arresting illegal immigrants with serious offenses amid negative polling on ICE raids: report

The Department of Homeland Protection is amending its immigration enforcement operations by moving away from raids targeting all illegal immigrants in the U S and focusing more on the ones who have committed serious offenses according to a account Teams under U S Limit Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino will shift their focus to specific targets including illegal immigrants who have been convicted of serious crimes NewsNation announced The change means federal agents will put a smaller emphasis on carrying out large raids that have happened at Home Depot stores and other locations according to the outlet JUDGE BLOCKS ICE FROM MAKING WARRANTLESS ARRESTS IN DC WITHOUT FLIGHT-RISK PROOFIllegal immigrants have been targeted based on characteristics such as ethnicity accent language or location such as being at a Home Depot or a car wash Agents will still conduct traffic stop enforcement but Margin Patrol is unlikely to continue grabbing people off the streets the outlet communicated The released change in immigration enforcement comes as encouragement for President Donald Trump's mass deportation policies has tanked in the polls EDGE AGENTS TO DEPLOY TO LOUISIANA FOR 'SWAMP SWEEP ' STATEMENT SAYSA Constituents Religion Research Institute survey distributed earlier this week uncovered that approval of Trump's handling of immigration dipped from in March to A YouGov poll last month detected that a majority of Americans oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations tied to Trump s immigration crackdown In a survey last month by the physical condition procedures research group KFF and The New York Times about half of the immigrants polled declared they and their family members feel less safe with Trump as president Boundary Patrol has carried out migrant raids this year in various cities including in Los Angeles Chicago and Charlotte The raids have prompted several protests and lawsuits as the operations have been scrutinized for going too far A new operation in New Orleans dubbed Catahoula Crunch will continue despite the updated tactics Agents have already arrested more than people and DHS stated it aims to reach according to NewsNation