But as ICE officers get wider latitude to determine whom they detain, the biggest jump in arrests has been of immigrants with no criminal convictions. A Virginia mother was sent back to El Salvador in June after her 11 years in the United States unravelled because of a traffic stop. He arrived from Bangladesh 30 years ago and built a life in the United States. He was ordered to leave the United States in 2002, and he complied, but three months later, he returned — legally — and overstayed again. Living in the United States without legal status is generally treated as a civil violation, not a criminal one.

Source: thestar February 12, 2018 18:56 UTC