Migration Policy Institute Publishes Brief On Trump Immigration Provisions

By Steve Goldstein
Published: Friday, February 24, 2017 - 3:27pm
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Major provisions of the Trump administration’s executive orders related to immigration enforcement could have a sweeping effect on who may be eligible to stay in the country and how federal officials work with local law enforcement.

The nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute has published a brief this week to provide context for some of those provisions.

We spoke with Sarah Pierce, who works with the U.S. Immigration Policy program at the Migration Policy Institute.