The replacement order could be issued as early as tomorrow, reported WSJ, citing a US government official. “I would say the President is contemplating releasing a tighter, more streamlined version,” he told the Munich Security Conference. Meanwhile, the Trump administration plans to direct immigration agents to greatly expand the categories of immigrants they target for deportation, according to drafts of two memos seen by Reuters. One memo instructs ICE agents to ignore Mr Obama’s memos on immigration priorities that targeted only recent arrivals and convicted criminal migrants for deportation. The Department of Homeland Security did not deny any information contained in the draft memos, but did not provide further details.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 19, 2017 19:52 UTC