Immigration Crackdown: Agency Cancels Some Deportations

Immigration Agency Cancels Some Deportations: "Immigration enforcement officials have started to cancel the deportations of thousands of immigrants they have detained, a policy they said would pare huge case backlogs in the immigration courts. .. the new approach ( (is) part of a broad shift in priorities at the agency, to focus its efforts on catching and deporting immigrants who have been convicted of crimes or pose a national security threat. ... (The cancellations) refers to a particular group of illegal immigrants: those who have been detained in ICE operations because they did not have legal status, but who have active applications in the system to become legal residents. " August 26, 2010, NY Times