Under expedited removals, agents from the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement can deport detained individuals immediately. But the memos appear to exempt the Dreamers, the young immigrants protected under Mr. Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, called DACA. Mr. Trump has signaled that he is not eager to completely reverse that initiative, since those young immigrants were not responsible for their entering the country illegally. “The DACA situation is a very, very — it’s a very difficult thing for me, because, you know, I love these kids,” Mr. Trump said at a news conference on Thursday. The changes in immigration enforcement, outlined in executive orders signed by Mr. Trump last month, have drawn praise from agents in the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Source: New York Times February 19, 2017 21:22 UTC