Under Trump, Border Patrol arrests immigrants far from U.S.-Mexico border [View all]

Source: Washington Post

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Under Trump, Border Patrol arrests immigrants far from U.S.-Mexico border

Agents are arresting immigrants in cities such as Los Angeles and New York. Their expanding reach has sparked concern in law enforcement and immigrant communities.

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By Marianne LeVine and Derek Hawkins
The Trump administration is increasingly relying on Border Patrol agents to help carry out the president’s mass deportation plan and arrest immigrants in cities far from the nation’s southern border — a departure from the agency’s traditional role that some lawyers and advocates consider alarming.

In the past month, Border Patrol agents have swarmed a Los Angeles park on foot and horseback; taken immigrants into custody at a New York City courthouse; raided a cannabis farm in California’s Ventura County; and detained day laborers at Home Depot parking lots as far north as Sacramento.

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By Marianne LeVine
Marianne LeVine is a national political reporter for The Washington Post.follow on X@marianne_levine

By Derek Hawkins
Derek Hawkins covers federal law enforcement for The Washington Post. Send him secure messages on Signal at dhawk.01follow on X@d_hawk

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