Despite promises by President Trump to unleash Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids on thousands of migrant families over the weekend, only a spattering of arrests took place. Erin Corcoran, executive director of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and an expert in immigration law and policy, discusses the matter in an MPR News podcast.
Originally published at mprnews.com on July 15, 2019.
President Trump’s recent remarks about immigrants have been made with the 2020 presidential race in mind, according to The Atlantic. In the article, Erin Corcoran, executive director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, spoke on Trump’s promise to begin sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the context of his reelection campaign.
“For him, he wants to say, ‘Look, I’m out in front on this. I told you I would do this, I’m doing it. Here we go.’ From a political perspective that’s certainly the case,” said Corcoran, an expert on immigration law.
Originally published at theatlantic.com on July 15, 2019.