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An internal Homeland Security email suggests that Trump officials are preparing to shift the country’s deportation process into high gear.
The contradictory directives came as government agencies struggled to interpret and implement the Trump administration’s travel ban.
“All agency personnel must preserve any document that contains information that is potentially relevant to OIG’s investigation."
Staffers at one Department of Homeland Security office wept on Monday morning when they arrived at work to find an email detailing Trump's Muslim ban.
“We had less than a day to review vague details,” said a State Department official about Trump’s Muslim ban. “This normally takes weeks of conversation.”