"The federal government is more likely going to do the things that can get the Trump administration visibility, so he can show off to his supporters that he's doing what he said he would do," she said. "Most likely what we might face is instead a culture of terror against the immigrant community ... they only have to detain a few people for the fear to really reverberate."
In active removal proceedings, a Trump White House could exert influence upon which cases are given priority. This is called 'prosecutorial discretion': the power to decide whom to investigate, arrest, detain, charge and prosecute.
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