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The Daily

Monday, July 31, 2017

The Daily

The New York Times

News, Daily News

4.3107.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Every day from before sunrise until late into the night, undocumented immigrants across the United States are being picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the front-line soldiers in President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Increasingly, the arrests are collateral: Officers detain people they come across while looking for somebody else. Guest: Jennifer Medina, who recently spent a day in the field with immigration officers. For more information on today’s episode, visit http://nyti.ms/2vdRpkR.

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From the New York Times, I'm Michael Burbaro. This is the day.

0:09.0

Today, every day from before sunrise until late into the night,

0:13.0

undocumented immigrants across the US are being picked up by ICE officers,

0:19.0

the frontline soldiers in President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration,

0:24.0

and increasingly, the arrests are collateral. People officers come across while looking for somebody else.

0:33.0

It's Monday, July 31st.

0:36.0

I'm so sorry.

0:54.0

What is your name?

0:56.0

ENA. It's Ana Delgado.

1:05.0

So what happened today?

1:08.0

They came looking for my brother, and they said, taking him, they took my dad,

1:15.0

because they didn't find my brother.

1:19.0

How does this situation, if your father is deported, how does that leave you guys?

1:24.0

And that held up the household. There's really nothing here, brother.

1:34.0

So, since he took office, about 65,000 undocumented immigrants have been arrested,

1:39.0

which is about a 40% increase over the same time period last year.

1:44.0

That's a very meaningful increase.

1:47.0

Huge.

1:50.0

My colleague Jennifer Medina recently spent a day in the field with immigration officers

1:55.0

enforcing the president's new policies, and documented their encounter with the Delgado family.

2:00.0

So we went to Riverside, California, which is about 50 miles east of Los Angeles,

2:06.0

and we were in part, a part of Riverside that is quite rural.

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