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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adrian Sainz

Latinos in Memphis worry about possible immigration crackdown by Trump's crime task force

Trump Memphis - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

When President Donald Trump created a task force to fight crime in Memphis, his order included the deployment of the National Guard and various federal agencies to, among other goals, enforce federal immigration law in the Tennessee city.

One of the departments included in the Memphis Safe Task Force is Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That has some Latinos worried that the surge will be used to target them at homes, schools and where they work as part of Trump's plan for mass detentions and deportations of immigrants around the country.

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