A report from ABC News said that the executive order on illegal immigration signed Wednesday by President Donald Trump could mean that every illegal immigrant in the United States could be subject to deportation.
That’s no small number, either. A 2014 Pew Research study estimated that 11 million illegal immigrants were in the United States.
“Interior enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws is critically important to the national security and public safety of the United States,” Trump’s order read. “Many aliens who illegally enter the United States and those who overstay or otherwise violate the terms of their visas present a significant threat to national security and public safety. This is particularly so for aliens who engage in criminal conduct in the United States.”
ABC News said that one of the clauses listing individuals subject to deportation, which deals with illegal immigrants who “have engaged in fraud or willful misrepresentation in connection with any official matter,” could mean that anyone who either passed into the United States without a visa or who overstayed their visa could be subject to deportation.