“To fulfill President Trump’s mandate for ‘the largest deportation operation in American history’ and to ‘seal the border and stop the migrant invasion,’ we must radically rethink and resource our approach to policing illegal presence in the United States. The Trump administration should look to the successful ‘Broken Windows Policing’ strategy of the 1980s for both operational and policy guidance. It’s time for broken windows immigration policy.”
“Currently, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lacks the budget and manpower to undertake the unprecedented deportation effort that present circumstances require. The Republican Congress must provide accordingly, so that ICE and the rest of Trump’s executive branch can carry out what Americans have demanded: enforcing our laws.“