 In January 2017, President Donald Trump enacted a new executive order that would allow illegal immigrants nationwide to be deported on lesser charges than previously.Over the week of February 6, 2017, six hundred people in 11 states, including 41 people in the New York City area, were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.The ICE stated that of those arrested in the New York City area, 95% of those arrested were criminal aliens.