A look at Trump’s immigration plans by the numbers

Federal data reflect this shift in focus, showing the share of deported immigrants who have criminal convictions has increased from 35 percent when Obama took office to 59 percent previous year.

Trump made the same claim at an October 27 rally in Springfield, Ohio, though PolitiFact noted there is a lack of data to back up the claim one way or another.

Kobach said in the interview he believed that illegal immigrants in some cases should be deported before a conviction if they have been charged with a violent crime. When asked about Trump’s immigration plans, Napier said, “I know that some statements have been made in the media, but I am not sure they constitute his actual plan”. It’s an unofficial term describing a city that has laws in place to protect illegal immigrants, even aiming to protect them from federal prosecution. They also can not apply for healthcare or other benefits. It can create problems when applied to mixed status families, particularly when parents are illegally in the country but children are not.

Chishti also noted that Trump was speaking imprecisely when he said that 2 million undocumented immigrants have criminal records. Mitt Romney floated the idea in 2012 before losing his presidential bid.

Trump didn’t elaborate on his plans for cracking down on the cities.

Reyes said “for most people seeing what can happen to these kids, it’s absolutely terrifying and it’s real, more so here in Arizona”.

Kris Kobach, the secretary of state in Kansas, joined the president-elect’s transition committee and has been mentioned as possible nominee for United States Attorney General or director of the Department Homeland Security in the Trump administration.

“If you have not committed a crime you don’t have anything to worry about”.

Presumably, Trump would have to moderate his policies on trade or more aggressively remove unauthorized immigrants to reduce their overall numbers. “We have been, and always have been, a city of refuge, a city of sanctuary, a city of love”. He said that after securing the border, he would make a determination on the remaining immigrants.

Trump has reaffirmed his commitment to build a wall along the U.S. -Mexico border, though he has said part of the 1,000-plus mile structure could be fencing.

She adds, “I think that mayors all across the country right now are assessing what impact a Trump presidency can and will have on our cities, and are doing our best to prepare for that”.

Kobach told Reuters this week that Trump’s immigrant transition team proposed drafting executive actions to reinstate a post-9/11 era program that registered immigrants and visitors from countries designated as havens for extremist activity. Migration from Mexico, which has been the top source of new immigration to the US, is at its lowest since the 1990s, according to Pew Research Center.

Border Patrol agents: 18,321 agents patrol the US border with Mexico. Wait times can exceed three years.

He acknowledged that “future fiscal years would require additional appropriations”.