US President Donald Trump has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to begin the largest deportation in the major cities.
According to BBC, Trump, the day after the US Army’s 250th anniversary historic parade, directed the ICE to expand the detention and deportation efforts despite ongoing protests against his policies.
America's largest cities on Trump’s hit list:
Trump, in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, wrote, “ICE Officers are herewith ordered, by notice of this TRUTH, to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.”
“In order to achieve this, we must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside,” he added.
The orders to expand crackdowns in large Democrat-controlled cities came at a time when most of these cities were already protesting against the raids on undocumented migrants since 6 June.
The 79-year-old has vowed to prevent "anyone who undermines the domestic tranquillity of the United States" from entering America.
Trump, while campaigning for the second time, promised to carry out the largest deportation programme of criminals in the history of America, and he swiftly continued to deliver on his agenda despite criticism, protest and legal challenges.
Notably, opinion polls have suggested that the deportation policy had widespread support before the election, but since the implementation, the protests have only increased.
