from I.C.E. AGE 

The removal of aliens who pose  
[      	 ] shall be ICE’s high [      	 ]
 
These aliens include  [      	 ]
engaged in or suspected of
[      	 ] or who otherwise pose
 
[      	 ] aliens convicted of [      	 ]
particular emphasis [      	 ] and repeat
 
aliens [      	 ] who participated [      	 ]
[       	] subject to outstanding [      	 ]
who otherwise pose [      	 ]  to public safety.
 
 
Aliens who are [       	]  otherwise
obstruct [       	]  fugitive aliens,
in descending priority as [      	 ]
aliens who pose [      	 ]  security;

[      	 ]  or who otherwise pose [      	 ]        	
the community; [      	 ] other than [      	 ];
and [      	 ] who have not been [      	 ];
 
aliens who reenter [      	 ]  in descending
priority as [      	 ]  aliens who pose [      	 ]  
previously removed [      	 ] who other-
wise pose [      	 ]  to the community;

previously removed [      	 ] who have not been
convicted of [      	 ] who obtain
admission or status by [      	 ] ;
otherwise  [
Credit

Copyright © 2018 by David Buuck. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on February 8, 2018, by the Academy of American Poets.

About this Poem
“This is an excerpt from a longer project investigating the language and outcomes of the United States’ immigration policing policies. The text in this section comes from the Obama administration's guidelines for Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (since made more draconian by the Trump administration). The longer poem tracks the records of some of the hundreds of detainees who have died in custody, including country of origin and the various jails, detention centers, and other for-profit holding cells in which detainees are held, often indefinitely. Over 2.5 million undocumented immigrants were deported under Obama's regime, often without due process.”
—David Buuck