In 2015, the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, calculated that if implemented strictly, enforcement policies only targeting people with criminal backgrounds, as the Obama administration had outlined, would spell some degree of relief for around 87 percent of the nation’s estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants.
While some advocacy groups said ICE’s latest move did not go far enough, the American Civil Liberties Union praised the agency for taking the step.
“Earlier this month, more than 800 public health and legal experts noted the importance of the government confirming that health care facilities would be ‘immigration enforcement-free zones’ given COVID-19,” Andrea Flores, deputy director of the ACLU's equality division, said in a statement. “Now, as the pandemic sweeps our nation, ICE is moving in the right direction by curbing enforcement and using alternatives to detention.”
“These directives are an important step towards allowing families and communities to seek help and medical care without the threat of deportation and family separation,” she added.
Earlier this week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services closed its offices, immigration courts scaled back hearings, and ICE canceled its in-person “check-ins” with undocumented immigrants.
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