Deportation Dynamics Under Trump

This week’s protests and clashes in California are the biggest flare-up yet over President Trump’s immigration enforcement.

They follow months of escalating raids and rhetoric as the administration struggles to fulfill the president’s big promises for mass deportations.

Hamed Aleaziz, who covers immigration policy for The Times, goes inside one ICE operation and explains why the tensions over Mr. Trump’s aggressive approach may only get worse.

Guest: Hamed Aleaziz, who covers the Department of Homeland Security and immigration policy in the United States for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Immigration agents have begun targeting workplaces as Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown widens.
• Under pressure from the White House, ICE is seeking new ways to ramp up arrests.

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Photo: Todd Heisler/The New York Times

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