Trump wants mass deportations. A ride-along with immigration officers shows the challenges

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7. It does not have to be either/or.

The purpose of the NYC non cooperation policy with ICE is to prevent family separations, protect naturalized citizens from over zealous ICE agents, protect people born here whose parents are/were immigrants from zealous roundups, keep dreamers from being lumped in with other immigrants, protect asylum seekers whose cases are still pending, protect people who have legal green card status from being rounded up indiscriminately by anti immigrant vigilantes.

When an immigrant is convicted of a serious crime, NYC could notify ICE, if there is no appeal. There is a possibility that appeals would be filed as a delaying tactic, but if they lose the appeal, they still get deported. Since anti immigrant feeling could result in a wrongful conviction, the appeal option should be available.