Department of Homeland Security Releases Expanded Deportation Policies

The implementation guidelines also call for the hiring of an additional 10,000 Immigration Customs & Enforcement agents, 5,000 Customs and Border Protection agents, and 500 air and marine agents. Under these new rules, the will be expanded, which means ICE and CBP will recruit local police officers and sheriff’s deputies to act as de facto immigration agents to assist with deportations.