President Trump promised mass deportations. Here's how it will help Americans

The Trump administration is working to enact mass deportations, which will bring much-needed economic relief to Americans.

Jessica M. Vaughan is director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies.  The Center is a Washington think tank that studies the effect of immigration on American society and works for an immigration policy that serves the national interest.

It's no coincidence that many of the places where ICE took action were notorious sanctuary jurisdictions, including New York City, Newark, NJ, San Francisco, Chicago and Utah. These policies result in the release of criminal aliens, forcing ICE to arrest their targets (and other illegal aliens found with them) in the community. The message was unmistakable – under Trump, criminal aliens can be released and run, but they can't hide forever. They will no longer be protected by federal inaction. There was a message for sanctuaries too. As ICE teams were fanning out, federal prosecutors got a memo reminding them that sanctuary policies often violate federal law, and to be alert to situations of egregious obstruction of enforcement.