Immigrants fear that definition of criminal will be stretched under Trump
Source: LA Times
Some immigration advocates believe these more minor offenders will be swept up under a Trump crackdown.
After his victory, Trump told CBS’ “60 Minutes” that his administration would deport between 2 million and 3 million criminal aliens. To reach that number, Trump would likely have to go beyond violent criminals.
A 2013 Department of Homeland Security report found that an estimated 1.9 million “criminal aliens” resided in the U.S. But that encompasses any foreign-born person who has been convicted of a crime in the U.S, including immigrants in the country illegally, legal permanent residents and people with temporary visas who have a criminal conviction.
A 2015 study of immigration and population data by the Migration Policy Institute, a think tank in Washington, concluded that about 820,000 of the 1.9 million “criminal aliens” are in the country illegally. About 300,000 had felony convictions and an estimated 390,000 were convicted for serious misdemeanors. The rest — about 130,000 — were convicted for low-level offenses, such as immigration, nuisance or traffic violations.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-immigrants-with-criminal-convictions-20161118-story.html
Under an expansive view of "criminal aliens," Trump could go after street vendors selling food without a license, which is a misdemeanor in some states.
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If undocumented persons are present in any home invasion by police ("serving a warrant"
they're also caught. Undocumented are at the mercy of their American born childrens' behavior.
Many states are in the 100 mile wide Mexican border and stop car drivers all the time in the 100 mile range,. any undocumented are caught again.