Trump ‘unity’ call as illegals face ejection

MILLIONS of illegal US residents could be targeted for deportation – including those arrested for traffic violations – under tough new immigration enforcement policies.

Any illegal immigrant charged or convicted of any offence, or even suspected of a crime, will now be an enforcement priority according to the new Secretary of Homeland Security, John Kelly.

New memos signed by Mr Kelly replace guidance that focused on immigrants convicted of serious crimes, were considered threats to national security, or recent arrivals.

The new enforcement documents are the latest efforts by President Donald Trump ( pictured) to follow through on campaign promises to strictly enforce immigration laws. He’s also promised to build a wall at the Mexican border – he insists Mexico will eventually foot the bill – and Mr Kelly’s memos reiterate calls Homeland Security to planning for the costs construction. Mr Trump’s earlier immigration orders, which banned all refugees as well as foreigners from seven Muslim-majority countries, faced widespread criticism. A federal appeals court has upheld a halt. Yesterday the President decried a spate of threats against Jewish community centres across the US as “horrible” and “painful”. Seizing the moment during his first visit to the National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, formally inaugurated just six months ago by his predecessor, Barack Obama, Mr Trump called for an end to “hatred in all of its very ugly forms”. He pushed a message of unity, saying that he would work to “bring this country together”. for start and