According to American media report, Trump’s illegal migrant raids will start from the first day
According to US media reports, the first full day of the new Trump administration is about to begin raids to detain and deport immigrants living in the US without permission.
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal say the operation – threatened by Donald Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan – could begin as soon as Tuesday in Chicago, a city with a large migrant population.
Trump has said he will oversee the largest deportation program in American history.
In an interview with Fox News this week, Homan promised “major raids” across the country. he has said it before Chicago will be “ground zero” for mass deportations,
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency deports illegal immigrants all the time. However, the operation, expected to begin after Trump’s inauguration on Monday, is expected to target so-called “sanctuary” cities that limit 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 find a lot of ICE agents in your city looking for criminals and gang members,” Homan said at a Republican gathering in Chicago last month. “Trust it. It will happen.”
Raids are also to be conducted in New York, Los Angeles, Denver and Miami, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing unnamed sources familiar with the plans.
Under Democratic President Joe Biden, ICE generally prioritized arrests of illegal immigrants who were serious criminals, had recently crossed the border or posed a threat to national security.
While Trump’s team has indicated it will start with immigrants who have committed crimes, all illegal immigrants – including those who have lived and worked in the US for many years and have no criminal history Have – are more likely to be arrested and deported.
Immigration raids on construction sites where undocumented migrants are often employed are expected to resume after being shut down by the Biden administration, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News.
Ahead of an expected tightening of US policy, more migrant farm workers are seeking advice about dealing with immigration authorities and appointing temporary guardians for their children.
“The administration has not been sworn in yet, but people are already scared,” Serrat Martínez, executive director of the Centro Binación para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño, which supports Mexican farm workers in California, told the Reuters news agency.
Also promised to deport millions of illegal immigrants and threatened workplace raids, some Reports suggest Trump may also end a longstanding policy that has barred churches from ICE arrests.,
However, the upcoming raids are likely to create significant difficulties for authorities – with limited space to hold detainees.
Also, the Laken Riley Act – named after a college student who was murdered in Georgia last year by a Venezuelan man who had previously been arrested for shoplifting – could be implemented next. It is expected to be passed by US lawmakers within weeks.
The proposed law would require the federal government to detain immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who are suspected of criminal activity — even if they have not been charged with a crime.
