DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.
The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.”
-Tal Kopan, “DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, April 13, 2017 3:05pm