AP Sources: Homeland Security officials considered rounding up migrant families around the country who had final deportation orders, and detaining and removing them from the U.S.
FILE - This June 5, 2015, file photo, shows the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. Homeland Security officials considered arresting migrant families around the country who had final deportation orders and removing them from the U.S. in a flashy show of force, according to two Homeland Security officials and two people familiar with the proposal.
Two Homeland Security officials and two other people familiar with the proposal described it to The Associated Press. They were not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity. The proposal, first reported by The Washington Post, was meant to send a message and possibly deter others from coming across the border, they said.
The Trump administration separated children from parents at the southern border last summer, a move that prompted mass outrage and criticism that the U.S. was abandoning its humanitarian role and harming children. Immigration experts say the separations, which were halted last June, did little to stop migrant crossings and, in fact, may have prompted more people to come.in the past few months to more than 100,000 per month.
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