our tax plan is aimed at making sure we give middle class americans a tax cut. that s what we re going to do. you guarantee all of them will see a tax cut. as i said this morning and i ll say it again, i could read my statement from this morning. i liked it so much. i cannot guarantee that. you can find me someone in the country that their taxes may not go down. federal agents say they ve arrested nearly 500 people after a nationwide operation targeting so-called sanctuary cities. immigration called the four day long sweep operation safe city. the airs arrests reflect the trump administration crackdown on illegal immigration. according to washington post, ice agents made 43% more arrests since trump took office, but at the same time, deportation statistics are low compared to last year. deported just over 211,000 immigrants during the same time last year, the agency removed over 240,000.
act. waiver only lasts for ten days. look at a remote village. report a major withdraw of sta embassy in havana. according to several reports, only essential personnel will remain. this comes after cuban foreign minister met with rex tillerson vowing his country is not behind the attack. arrested nearly 500 people after a nationwide operation. reflects the trump administrations push to crack down on the illegal immigration. ice agents have made 43% more arrest since trump took office. at the same time, deportation statistics are low compared to last year. uproar over revelations tom price s expensive travel on the
succumbing to those pressures. the president ordered jeh johnson to review the deportation process, focusing on less family separation and perhaps a decrease in dangerous deportations. the administration praising the senate for passing legislation last year. they say the responsibility now lies in republicans on the house. we hope that what the leaders have said and what others have said is what will prevail in the, obviously, difficult debate that has been ongoing now for decades in the republican party when it comes to immigration. reporter: now, the president made announcement of after meeting with congressional hispanic caucus members, perhaps succumbing to the pressures they say are really stag oring deportation statistics. jenna? jenna: and what s the gop reaction to this? reporter: well, we are hearing from members of the house and, in fact, this week they passed the enforce the law act which basically is intended to pull back what they say is
u.s., 21 percent say no white house polices are working. stephen camarata, center for immigration studies, how you doing? good morning. bill: those numbers tell you what? they tell us what we already knew, the public does not think we re serious about enforcing our immigration laws and quite frankly the public is right. the list goes on and on of the things we re not doing, and even those deportation statistics that you cited a minute ago, the fact is, what they did was they reclassified some people, as having been deported. so they kind of imied the numbers to make it looks like it was a jimmied the records. bill: why does the public believe the government encourages immigration? is it because there s no fence or the national guard isn t up and down that western border? what is it? i think it s a lot of things. large sections, the public is clearly aware are undefended. but it s other things. the public doesn t follow it that closely but they know, for example, we allow millio
t the number of people deported at the or near the border has gone up primarily as a result of changing who gets counted in deportation statistics the. so that s the full context. but, still, the president was labelled deporter in chief by one of the country s largest hispanic organizations and it got a white house response. the administration moved quick ly to get homeland security secretary johnson to formulate a more humane deportation policy. another interesting briwrinkle the national council of la raza was not first in calling the president the deporter in chief. the term started long before with young immigration activists, student protesters, capital d dreamers. their engagement or lack of engagement is now raising concern with democrats who need their support if they have any hope of obtaining control of the senate this year. across the country the new york times report this had week organizers who sign up latinas to vote say there is huge disillusionment among potential v