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Latin Times
Latin Times
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Carola Guerrero De León

Former USCIS Official Praises Trump's Immigration Agenda—With One Major Exception (Exclusive)

U.S. President Donald Trump signing an executive order at the Oval Office of the White House (Credit: Via Getty Images)

As the Trump administration moves forward with its immigration crackdown, thousands of undocumented migrants residing in the U.S. have already been arrested and repatriated to their countries of origin. Yet, with less than a month in office, President Donald Trump has a long way to go in order to conduct what he has described as the largest deportation operation in American history.

The Latin Times reached out to Don Riding, a former USCIS official with more than 20 years of experience working in different upper management roles within the agency, to evaluate some of Trump's latest immigration-related executive orders, most of which he agreed with based on his experience investigating and reviewing immigration cases. However, the former immigration official expressed strong opposition to Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, calling it a "logistical nightmare."

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