Overview

• The administration’s recent push involves arrests carried out inside immigration courts in southern Florida targeting non-criminal immigrants who are complying with legal orders.
• Senator Ileana Garcia described these tactics as inhumane and arbitrary, arguing they undermine the sense of fairness that voters expected from President Trump’s policies.
• Representative María Elvira Salazar warned that thousands of asylum seekers from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua have been exposed to deportation without proper hearings.
• Both lawmakers insisted that enforcement should concentrate on criminal aliens rather than individuals with credible fear claims.
• Salazar said she will meet with White House officials in the coming week to press for changes to the administration’s immigration enforcement approach.