Mass deportations escalate along with the debate about growing civil rights violations

The Trump administration continues its promise of a mass deportation of immigrants it says are in the country illegally. The problem is that the administration is not going after just the criminal element it said it would target. Look at the headlines on an almost daily basis. There are documented cases of people with U.S. passports -- and no criminal background -- being arrested by immigration officials. Native Americans from the Navajo Nation were arrested, along with some people from Puerto Rico. People who were in the United States lawfully and didn’t pose a threat or a risk to public safety have been caught up in sweeps by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The dragnets continue to target immigrant and minority communities. And the chilling headlines indicate many of the raids seem indiscriminate.