The Trump administration is claiming credit for ramping up deportations of immigrants who’ve been arrested that earned them a place on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “worst of the worst” list. That includes at least 77 people whose sole listed offense is marijuana possession.
Although President Donald Trump has previously said he doesn’t think people should be jailed for possessing cannabis, and he’s moved to expedite the completion of a rule to federally reschedule marijuana, DHS is still doing a digital perp walk of noncitizens who were subject to deportation after being arrested for simple possession.
A review of the department’s “worst of the worst” list by Marijuana Moment found at least 77 instances where the only crime attributed to a featured deportee was possessing cannabis, which is a federal crime but one that’s rarely prosecuted on its own, especially in recent years as more states have enacted legalization.
There are many more individuals on the DHS list that involve marijuana—coupled with additional crimes such as unlawful sales, smuggling, probation violations, illegal reentry to the U.S. and possession of other controlled substances.
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