WASHINGTON — The incoming Trump administration plans to ramp up operations. arrest illegal immigrants It will be implemented across major U.S. cities next week after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, targeting “sanctuary” jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, two people familiar with the plan told CBS News. Ta.
Areas that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deportation teams are expected to target include areas with large immigrant populations, including the Chicago area, one of the people said.
Chicago-area ICE officials recently asked their officers, unbeknownst to top officials in Washington, to take part in a post-Inauguration arrest operation, a U.S. official familiar with the situation told CBS News. Ta.
The incoming White House “border czar” was asked on Fox News about a possible ICE operation in Chicago next week (a plan first reported by the Wall Street Journal). Tom Homan “There will be massive attacks across the country,” he said.
playing cards I promised Immediately after taking the oath of office, he vowed to launch a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration and oversee the largest deportation operation in U.S. history.
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The incoming administration is expected to quickly rescind Biden administration rules limiting who ICE officers should prioritize for arrest and deportation, leaving most agents in the U.S. illegally detained and subject to deportation. . Biden administration-era rules generally limit ICE enforcement to felons, recent border crossers, and national security threats, and long-standing undocumented immigrants with no criminal records are largely excluded from deportation. It was protected.
Homan also swore It would reinstate mass immigration arrests at workplaces that employ workers living in the country illegally, a practice that was abolished by the Biden administration.
Homan said the next administration will continue to prioritize arresting illegal immigrants with criminal records, but stressed that no one who enters the country illegally will be exempt from immigration enforcement. Homan said that if ICE agents find illegal immigrants who are not criminals during operations, they could be arrested in what is called a “collateral arrest.”
Aaron Navarro contributed to this report.
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