<p>From the first day of Donald Trump’s Presidency, immigration and deportation have been at the top of the agenda—from the so-called Muslim ban to the use of DACA recipients as a bargaining chip in the quest for a border wall. Under his Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement overturned some of its priorities under President Obama. Immigration arrests rose forty per cent in 2017; in January, 2018, two hundred thousand refugees from catastrophic earthquakes in El Salvador were ordered home, and the State of Washington sued Motel 6 for allegedly handing over guest lists to ICE agents, in violation of the law. The president complained about accepting immigrants from countries he considers “shitholes.” <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/sarah-stillman">Sarah Stillman</a> and <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/jonathan-blitzer">Jonathan Blitzer</a> talk with David Remnick about a year of tumultuous changes in Donald Trump’s America. </p>
From the first day of Donald Trump’s Presidency, immigration and deportation have been at the top of the agenda—from the so-called Muslim ban to the use of DACA recipients as a bargaining chip in the quest for a border wall. Under his Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement overturned some of its priorities under President Obama. Immigration arrests rose forty per cent in 2017; in January, 2018, two hundred thousand refugees from catastrophic earthquakes in El Salvador were ordered home, and the State of Washington sued Motel 6 for allegedly handing over guest lists to ICE agents, in violation of the law. The president complained about accepting immigrants from countries he considers “shitholes.” Sarah Stillman and Jonathan Blitzer talk with David Remnick about a year of tumultuous changes in Donald Trump’s America.