Key Highlights
- Amid Trump’s effort to accomplish his flagship campaign promise of mass deportations, many commentators have mentioned his predecessor, Barack Obama, who was nicknamed the "Deporter-in-chief" during his presidency.
- While some argue that Obama’s deportations faced less pushback from local leaders during a comparatively more moderate time in American politics, one official argued that Trump’s are an outlier.
- CNN REVISITS VIRAL 2016 ICE REPORT, SAYS 'HEIGHTENED' RHETORIC, PROTESTS NOW COMPLICATE OPERATIONS CNN played a clip of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem speaking about the targeted enforcement of deportation efforts focusing not only on specific persons, but asking for the identity verification of the people around them as well, saying this has been common practice.
- CNN host Wolf Blitzer asked Saldaña, "What do you think?
- Is that standard practice for ICE agents to ask someone to prove their identity and to show citizenship papers if they’re asked whether they’re citizens?" Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference to discuss ongoing U. S.
