Iraqis in Michigan facing deportation reach possible agreement with Justice Department
In the summer of 2017, federal immigration agents swept across Michigan and other states to arrest hundreds of Iraqi immigrants with plans to deport them. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said at the time the detentions were of immigrants with criminal records who needed to be removed from the U.S. while some Iraqi Americans and civil rights advocates said the crackdown was an example of overzealous immigration enforcement during the presidency of Donald Trump.
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