Washington – The incoming Trump administration plans to accelerate operations arresting unauthorized immigrants Two sources familiar with the plans told CBS News that “sanctuary” jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities will be targeted in major U.S. cities after President-elect Donald Trump takes office next week.
One of the sources said locations expected to be targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's deportation teams include places with large populations of immigrants, such as the Chicago area.
Asked on Fox News about a possible ICE operation in Chicago next week — a plan first reported by the Wall Street Journal — the incoming White House “border czar” tom homan Said, “There is going to be a major raid across the country.”
trump Has promised Pledged immediately after being sworn in to take charge of a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration, overseeing the largest deportation effort in US history.
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The incoming administration is expected to quickly rescind Biden administration rules that would have given ICE agents priority for arrests and deportations, allowing people in the US illegally to be detained and deported. Most of the people going can be banned. Biden-era rules generally limit ICE enforcement to serious criminals, recent border crossers and national security threats, largely shielding longtime undocumented immigrants without criminal histories from deportation.
Homan has also pledged To reinstate mass immigration arrests at workplaces that hire workers living in the country illegally, a practice that was discontinued by the Biden administration.
While Homan has said that the incoming administration will still give priority for arrest to unauthorized immigrants with criminal records, he has emphasized that no one in the country illegally will be exempted from immigration enforcement. Homan has said that if ICE agents find unauthorized immigrants who are not criminals during an operation, they can be arrested in what is known as a “collateral arrest.”
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