The Trump administration is going to start cracking down on illegal immigrants on day one, American media reported
The campaign to arrest and deport illegal immigrants is about to begin on the first full day of the new Trump administration, US media reported.
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported that operations threatened by Donald Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan could begin as early as Tuesday in Chicago, a city with many immigrants.
Trump said he would oversee the largest immigration program in American history.
In an interview with Fox News this week, Homan promised a “massive crackdown” across the country. He said earlier. Chicago will be “ground zero” for mass evictions..
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency routinely deports illegal immigrants. But the operation, which is expected to begin after Trump’s inauguration on Monday, is expected to target so-called “sanctuary” cities that limit their cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Along with Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles are among the US cities that have adopted “sanctuary” policies.
“On January 21st, you’re going to have more ICE agents in your city looking for criminals and gang members,” he told a Republican convention in Chicago last month. “Count on it. It will happen.”
New York, Los Angeles, Denver and Miami are also slated for raids, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the plans.
Under Democratic President Joe Biden, the ICA would generally arrest illegal immigrants who were serious criminals, had recently crossed the border, or posed a national security threat.
Trump’s team has suggested starting with immigrants who have committed crimes, saying all illegal immigrants — including those who have lived and worked in the U.S. for years and have no criminal record — are more likely to be arrested and deported.
According to CBS News, the BBC’s US affiliate, immigration raids on construction sites employing undocumented immigrants will continue after the Biden administration suspends them.
Before the tightening of U.S. policy, more migrant farmworkers sought advice on dealing with immigration officials and assigning temporary guardians to their children.
“The administration hasn’t made a promise yet, but people are already scared,” Sarait Martinez, executive director of Centro Binacional Parael Desarrollo Indigena Oaxacaeno, which supports Mexican farm workers in California, told the Reuters news agency.
Also promising to deport millions of illegal immigrants and threatening workplace violence, some Reports suggest Trump may end long-standing policy that exempts churches from ICE detention.
However, the upcoming raid could pose a major problem for the authorities – there is limited space to hold detainees.
Meanwhile, the Laken Riley Act, named after a college student killed by a Venezuelan man in Georgia last year, is expected to be approved by US lawmakers next week.
The proposed legislation would require the federal government to detain immigrants who are suspected of crimes in the United States illegally — even if they have not been charged with a crime.
