Trump administration considered ideological ‘screenings’ of noncitizens
by Erum Salam from on (#6G5C5)
Ice examined implications of expelling foreign nationals from the US for their political beliefs, unsealed documents show
During Donald Trump's presidency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) considered the implications of expelling foreign nationals from the US for their political beliefs, newly unsealed documents have revealed.
The two memos were written and revised by the US immigration enforcement agency and top White House lawyers in the Trump administration and recently obtained by Columbia University's Knight First Amendment Institute via a Freedom of Information Act (Foia) lawsuit filed in 2017.
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