Washington — The new Trump administration plans to scale up operations stop illegal immigrants in major U.S. cities next week after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, targeting “sanctuary” jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration agents, two sources familiar with the plan told CBS News.
Places expected to be targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation teams include those with large immigrant populations, such as the Chicago area, one of the sources said.
Asked on Fox News about a possible ICE operation in Chicago next week – a plan first reported by the Wall Street Journal – the White House’s new ‘border czar’ Tom Homan said “there’s going to be a big raid across the country.”
Asset promised to launch a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration immediately after being sworn in, pledging to oversee the largest deportation effort in U.S. history.
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The new administration should quickly reverse Biden administration rules that limit which ICE agents should be prioritized for arrest and deportation, which would expose most people illegally detained in the United States to detention and deportation. expulsion from the country. Biden-era rules generally limited ICE’s application to serious criminals, recent border crossers, and national security threats, largely protecting long-time undocumented immigrants with no criminal history from expulsion.
Homan also committed to reinstate large-scale immigration arrests at work sites that hire workers living in the country illegally, a practice that was abandoned by the Biden administration.
Although Homan said the new administration would still prioritize arresting illegal immigrants with criminal records, he stressed that no one in the country would be illegally exempt from immigration enforcement. If ICE agents find illegal immigrants who are not criminals during operations, they could be arrested in what are called “collateral arrests,” Homan said.
Aaron Navarro contributed to this report.