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Consequences of an immigration crackdown The Trump administration has sought to ramp up deportations of undocumented immigrants, including those like da Silva who were brought here as children and have no criminal record.
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Ben Adler, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Early in his presidency, ICE arrested over 32,000 people, nearly half with no criminal history, and by February, over 40 percent of deportees had no criminal record.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
An immigration lawyer recently retained to argue for the man's release on bond, called the detention of someone where there is a long-pending asylum application, no criminal record and little risk of flight — highly unusual.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
Before President Trump took office for a second time, Arias Cristobal — a young undocumented immigrant without a criminal record — would likely not have been arrested by ICE, even without the DACA protections.
—May 14, CBS News, 14 May 2025
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Ben Adler, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Early in his presidency, ICE arrested over 32,000 people, nearly half with no criminal history, and by February, over 40 percent of deportees had no criminal record.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
An immigration lawyer recently retained to argue for the man's release on bond, called the detention of someone where there is a long-pending asylum application, no criminal record and little risk of flight — highly unusual.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
Before President Trump took office for a second time, Arias Cristobal — a young undocumented immigrant without a criminal record — would likely not have been arrested by ICE, even without the DACA protections.
—May 14, CBS News, 14 May 2025
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“Criminal record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminal%20record. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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