Immigration attorneys said they’ve only just begun to analyze the administration’s changes to rules surrounding immigration enforcement, which might take months, if not years, to fully take hold. The plan’s biggest weakness, he said, is the potential for racial profiling and discrimination, since local law enforcement officers without proper training could be tapped to help identify and detain undocumented immigrants. Still, more than 2.5 million undocumented immigrants were deported during Obama’s two terms. Trump’s proposal to ship undocumented immigrants to Mexico to await their immigration hearings — assuming the country would take them — is vulnerable to attack, Hincapie said. While Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants wasn’t met with an instant uproar like his travel ban, it will eventually affect millions more people, Yale-Loehr said.

Source: Mint February 22, 2017 15:04 UTC