Trump is the “Abuser-In-Chief”
From the Immigrant Legal Resource Center:
As government agencies continue trying but failing to comply with a federal court order to reunite separated migrant children with their parents, it’s clear that President Trump entered new heights in immigration enforcement.
President Barack Obama was dubbed “Deporter-in-Chief” by immigrant rights advocates for good reason. During his eight years in office, his administration formally removed more than three million noncitizens, compared to two million during George W. Bush’s tenure and about 900,000 in the Bill Clinton administration. Even accounting for the removal of millions more without formal proceedings at the border under Bush and Clinton, Obama earned the title. He deserves credit for establishing DACA and providing prosecutorial discretion guidelines that allowed many undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States with their U.S. citizen spouses or children. But his administration removed a lot of noncitizens and upset many immigrant rights advocates by opening new family detention centers in the Southwest in response to the surge in migrants fleeing for their lives from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala in 2014.
Enter Donald Trump. Given his immigration-related executive orders and the multitude of enforcement exploits by his administration, Trump has wrestled away the title of “Deporter-in-Chief” from Obama’s clutch. The Supreme Court has upheld version three of Trump’s travel ban, Temporary Protected Status has been terminated for Haitians, El Salvadorans, and Hondurans, threats of defunding sanctuary cities has resulted in increased cooperation by local law enforcement agencies, DACA is under threat, and he has unleashed enforcement-mined ICE agents to engage in seemingly random arrests and deportations striking fear in immigrant communities across the country.
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President Trump will likely retain his title as Deportation King for years to come. However, his callous family separation policy has done more than solidify his hold on the “Deporter-in-Chief” title. His policies have gone far beyond simple dedication to removing noncitizens, attracting broad condemnation of his abuse of human rights. Trump’s clear transition into child abuse and violating fundamental human rights has earned him a new title: “Abuser-in-Chief.” Read more….