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February 17, 2020

Border Patrol to Deploy Tactical Units to Sanctuary Cities
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The Trump administration began deploying specially trained tactical
Customs and Border Protection units over the weekend to "sanctuary
cities" across the country, in the latest attempt to crack down on
cities that refuse to cooperate with the Trump administration's
immigration policies. The CBP SWAT teams will reportedly help
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, carry out raids against
suspected undocumented people. They are being relocated from the
southern border to cities like New York, Chicago, Detroit and New
Orleans in an ongoing deployment that will last through May.

In more immigration news, a new report by The Washington Post says that
confidential notes taken in mandatory therapy sessions for immigrant
minors are passed on to ICE, which can then use those notes against the
children and teens in court.


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