Big Day 1 action by Donald Trump coming: Illegal immigrants throughout U.S will be arrested

Donald Trump's government, after the 78-year-old Republican's inauguration, is gearing up to take stringent action against illegal immigrants, according to reports.

The action includes arrest of illegal immigrants across the US and giving free hands to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as per a report on The Wall Street.

Trump's incoming administration is reconsidering plans for immigration raids in Chicago next week after details were leaked, Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan told the Washington Post in an interview on Saturday.


The new administration "hasn’t made a decision yet," said Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the report. "We’re looking at this leak and will make decision based on this leak," he added.

ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Officials and rights advocates had said Trump's administration would launch sweeps in multiple U.S. cities almost as soon as he takes office on Monday, with Chicago considered a likely first location.

Dulce Ortiz, president of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, told Reuters that as many as 200 ICE agents were expected to start raids in the Chicago area on Monday at 5 am (local time), aiming to catch people heading into work or starting their day.

The enforcement had been expected to continue for several days, she said. An ICE spokesperson referred questions to the Trump transition team, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Reuters reported Friday that agents would also conduct raids in New York and Miami. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that ICE would stage a week-long operation in Chicago with potentially hundreds of agents.

Trump said in an NBC News interview on Saturday that launching the mass deportations he promised in his election campaign would be a top priority. But he declined to identify the cities targeted or when deportations would start.

"It will begin very quickly," said Trump. "We have to get the criminals out of our country."

Homan himself had appeared to confirm the raids earlier on Saturday, telling Fox News that "targeted enforcement operations" would quickly pursue some of what he said were 700,000 migrants who are in the U.S. illegally and under deportation orders. He indicated the efforts would occur in several cities.

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