According to ICE, its agents have made 43 percent more arrests since Trump took office versus the same period last year. While ICE took into custody more immigrants with criminal records, the fastest-growing category of arrests since Trump’s inauguration is those facing no criminal charges. But with a series of recent ICE arrests, migrants who help make the season possible, are living in fear. “It’s a free-for-all now.”There appear to be several factors that explain why deportations have declined despite the increase in arrests, according to policy experts, immigration attorneys and current and former ICE officials. Now they have more discretion to do so, resulting in additional collateral arrests, including potential deportees with no criminal record.

Source: Washington Post September 28, 2017 16:18 UTC