Donald Trump's incoming U.S. presidential administration plans to intensify immigration enforcement nationwide soon after he takes office on Monday, a person with knowledge of the plans said. "We’re going to be doing operations all across the country,
President-elect Donald Trump's incoming "border czar" Tom Homan said on Saturday that targeted operations to detain migrants who are in the U.S. illegally will begin next week, and indicated they would involve several cities.
The locations expected to be targeted by deportation teams from ICE include those with large populations of immigrants, one source said.
A U.S. official says immigration officers will target more than 300 people with histories of egregious, violent crimes next week after President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
The hard-line policies in his first term were a significant shift that reframed the national conversation on immigration and helped return him to the White House.
The size of the planned immigration raids is unclear, but they would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.
A person familiar with the planning said immigrants in Chicago will be targeted in multiple locations. A document reviewed by NBC News said raids will occur over several days.
Donald Trump has vowed to launch — on day one of his presidency — the largest deportation of undocumented immigrants in U.S. history. Political observers say making good on that
US President-elect Donald Trump's team is finalizing an aggressive slate of executive orders on immigration that are expected to be issued hours after he is sworn in, CNN reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the matter.
He hasn't even been sworn into office yet and he’s already finding support from Democrats for his immigration agenda in Congress.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised repeatedly to begin the largest deportation operation in American history on his first day.