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Alexandra Villarreal in San Antonio

Trump’s immigration crackdown also targets legal pathways to enter US

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Immigration and customs enforcement agents, along with other federal law enforcement agencies, attend a pre-enforcement meeting in Chicago on 26 January. Photograph: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Mass deportation – at least in theory – is apparently popular among the American people.

So over and over again, Trump and his allies have loudly touted their plans to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, initially focusing on those with criminal records. In doing so, they’ve redirected the US public’s attention toward their “shock and awe” tactics that led to thousands of arrests across the country in less than a week.

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