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‘Worst of the worst’? ICE arrests soar as agency targets asylum seekers

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As the Trump administration ratchets up efforts to deport non-citizens from the US, people with papers they thought allowed them to be in the country are being targeted.

Also, ICE arrests have soared as the agency is edging closer to its goal of 2,000 arrests a day. New data shows that a majority of the people arrested by ICE in July have no criminal convictions or have been charged with a crime. Abby Phillip’s "NewsNight" panel debates whether ICE should target those without criminal records.

0:00 "Chaos": Trump admin ratchets up immigration ops at airports
1:13 "You may remain in the US until your asylum application is decided," but she was arrested anyway
6:02 New data shows majority of ICE arrestees don’t have criminal convictions or charges
8:13 "That seems like a bit of a bait-and-switch" when ICE targets those using legal pathways
9:36 Is ICE really going after "the worst of the worst", as the administration has claimed?

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