We heard it over and over on the campaign trail: Donald Trump’s promise of a crackdown on criminals and undocumented immigrants at a scale and breadth this country had never seen before. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, commonly known as ICE, has swept into American cities and is detaining more people than ever before.
However, 71 percent of those held in immigrant detention by the end of September did not have criminal convictions, according to the Migration Policy Institute, a think tank focused on immigration. Many law-abiding immigrants who followed the rules in their applications for visas, green cards or asylum are being taken into ICE detention centers.
In the Opinion Video above, meet three people who came to America legally, only to find themselves in ICE detention. They followed the rules — but it didn’t matter.
Jemmy Jimenez Rosa is a green card holder from Peru. Ayman Soliman is an asylum recipient from Egypt. Jasmine Mooney is a Canadian citizen who worked in the United States. Francesca Trianni is a producer for Opinion Video. Alexander Stockton is a producer and editor for Opinion Video. Sarah Wildman is a writer and editor for Times Opinion.
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