President Donald Trump ordered federal officials to intensify efforts to deport migrants in the largest cities in the United States in the middle of the protests and judicial resources, even when its administration seeks to relieve the impact of repression on key sectors of the US workforce.
“Therefore, ICE officers are ordered to do everything possible to carry out the largest mass deportation program in history”Trump said in a publication on social networks on Sunday.
“To achieve this, we must expand efforts to stop and deport illegal foreigners in the largest cities in the United States, such as Los AngelesChicago and New York, where millions and millions of illegal foreigners reside, ”he added.
Trump’s measure to intensify the application of federal immigration laws in large cities controlled by Democrats occurs a week after The president recognized the impact that his deportation program has had in the Rurale communitiess, very affected by the loss of agricultural workers.
The president said he would prepare changes in policies to include workers in the agricultural and hotel industry, rEchCoving the concerns of business leaders about the impact that their campaign against immigration is having in some critical sectors of the workforce of the country.
Trump campaigned with the promise of carrying out the greatest deportation in the history of the United States and, in his second term, has quickly operated to fulfill his program. The data at the beginning of this month show that the active population of the United States is reduced in May, partly due to the greater consecutive decrease in the number of foreign workers in the active population since 2020.
Trump’s call, made while traveling to the leaders of the group of the seven in Canadaoccurs after several days of disturbances in Los Angeles for mass deportations.
The protests in Los Angeles, triggered by the aggressive raids of the ICE, intensified after Trump’s decision to deploy national guard troops to help quell violence in the city, despite the objections of the mayor and the governor of California, Gavin Newsom. Trump also deployed up to 700 marines in active duty, which have been ordered to protect federal property and agents.
