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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday said immigration officers can no longer detain and deport people from the U.S. solely because they are undocumented.
ICE officers will no longer be permitted to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants who have long been "contributing members" of the U.S. community, including faith leaders, farmworkers and frontline health workers. The new guidelines also prohibit officers from detaining immigrants whose status is revealed by "unscrupulous employers," as long as they don't commit a major crime.
The new guidelines take effect Nov. 29.
"We are guided by the knowledge that there are individuals in our country who have been here for generations and contributed to our country's well-being," Mayorkas said in the memo.
ICE officers will no longer be permitted to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants who have long been "contributing members" of the U.S. community, including faith leaders, farmworkers and frontline health workers. The new guidelines also prohibit officers from detaining immigrants whose status is revealed by "unscrupulous employers," as long as they don't commit a major crime.
The new guidelines take effect Nov. 29.
"We are guided by the knowledge that there are individuals in our country who have been here for generations and contributed to our country's well-being," Mayorkas said in the memo.