Huffington Magazine Issue 86 | Page 65

ARRESTED IN AMERICA were born in the U.S. In 2011, the Obama administration released a memo urging federal officers to avoid detaining and deporting otherwise law-abiding undocumented immigrants, especially young people and parents of children who are U.S. citizens. This directive was reaffirmed recently by the newly confirmed Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who said in a Dec. 12 letter, “in my view, immigration enforcement must be focused first on those who pose a threat to our national security, public safety and the integrity of our borders,” rather than “low-priority” individuals who generally obey the l