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Putting TRAC to Work |
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February 14, 2017 |
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Trump rhetoric has created 'atmosphere of terror' for immigrants, advocate says
By Marwa Eltagouri, Elyssa Cherney and Grace Wong
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In last week's raid, 45 of the unauthorized immigrants arrested in the Chicago region were considered by federal officials to be "convicted criminals," according to an ICE official. Twenty were previously deported and returned to the country.
ICE's definition of a convicted criminal has been a broad one, according to case by case data compiled by Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Unauthorized re-entry, DUIs and traffic violations were categorized as criminal offenses.
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Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
Copyright 2017
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