President Trump has promised mass deportations of undocumented
immigrants.
In the past months, the federal government and the media have
released a dizzying array of statistics on this topic. Much of this
information has been inaccurate or confusing.
This three-part blog series breaks down some of the legal
concepts that are involved when the federal government removes a
foreign national from the United States. Our goal is to provide a
bird's eye view into what is going on at the Southern border
and within the interior of the United States, regarding the topic
of mass deportations.
CBP v. ICE:
Most news articles don't distinguish between US Customs and
Border Protection ("CBP") and US Immigration Customs
Enforcement ("ICE"), but it is important to understand
that these are two separate law enforcement organizations within
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security1 with
(historically) different functions. The next two blogs in this
series will outline the
