Arrests of illegal immigrants skyrocketed during President Donald Trump's first year in office, according to new data from federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In 2017, "Our brave [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] officers arrested more than 100,000 criminal aliens who have committed tens of thousands of crimes," Trump announced at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday. The official numbers dropped the same day, revealing a marked increase over the final year of former President Barack Obama's administration.
The "extreme risk protection order" bill would allow law enforcement officers to ask a judge for an order to take away someone's guns for up to 60 days if police determine the person is an "extreme risk" to himself or others.
The Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved Senate Bill 221 on Friday, in the wake of the mass-shooting at a high school in Florida and an apparent near-miss in Fair Haven, Vermont. It now goes to the full Senate.
