Trump's Latest Cruelty Has a Name: Operation Irish Goodbye

As border crossings drop to historic lows, ICE changes the rules to keep arrest numbers high.

Late this year, with the holidays approaching, a new immigration enforcement plan quietly took shape at the U.S. southern border. Its name, Operation Irish Goodbye, is an ironic twist on a slang phrase for slipping out of a party without saying goodbye. This time, the joke is on migrants who believed they could leave the United States of their own accor…