The administration of President Donald Trump has made it very clear that cracking down on illegal immigration is one of its top priorities — if not the top priority.
Trump has empowered agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security, cutting away much of the previous administration’s orders that had effectively hamstrung those groups.
It’s a platform that Trump has essentially campaigned on three times, and it’s one that clearly resonates with his base.
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(“Build the wall!” for example.)
Despite that, however, the president has faced all manner of resistance to his crackdown efforts, particularly from Democratic states and associated sanctuary cities.
Most recently, Trump has entered a very public feud with California’s Democratic leadership over the anti-ICE riots that
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