Trump’s blitz on migrants

IMMIGRANTS accused of “abusing” the US benefits system or making false claims about themselves will be a priority for deportation under new rules unveiled last night.

All those with convictions or who are seen as risks to public safety or national security will also be targets for so-called expedited removal.

President Donald Trump’s administration ramped up the pressure by saying that expedited removals, which previously only applied to within 100 miles of the border, would now be expanded to cover all 50 states. The Department of Homeland Security will hire 10,000 immigration and border staff to bolster enforcement on America’s 11 million illegals. A top priority will be anyone who has “abused” benefits or misrepresented themselves.

The DHS insisted it was not trying to create a “sense of panic” in immigrant communities, with one official saying: “We do not have the personnel, time or resources to go round mass-throwing folks on buses.”

But immigrants’ groups said the government was playing on the public’s fears to pave the way for “indiscriminate persecution”.