Fear bears down on immigrant communities as President Trump’s immigration crackdown looms. The New York Times reports that the administration’s new immigration policies aim to “publicize crimes by undocumented immigrants; strip such immigrants of privacy protections; enlist local police officers as enforcers; erect new detention facilities; discourage asylum seekers; and, ultimately, speed up deportations.” The Homeland Security Department plans to hire 15,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents to implement what Secretary John Kelly called a “surge” — the same term used to describe the U.S. stepped-up military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Intercept reports that the administration appears to be looking to deport undocumented people en masse without ever going to court, a policy that immigration lawyers described to the publication as “horrifying,” “stunning” and “inhumane.” The administration also plans to deport immigrants who came to the United States through Mexico back to Mexico, regardless of where they emigrated from.