Washington: US President Donald Trump has directed federal authorities to ramp up deportation efforts in Democratic-led cities, doubling down on a politicized anti-immigration drive after major protests in Los Angeles.
“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,” Trump stated on his platform, Truth Social.
Citing disproved right-wing conspiracy theories that undocumented immigrants are casting large numbers of ballots in US elections, he asserted that “these, and other such cities, are the core of the Democrat power center.”
After successfully campaigning against an alleged “invasion” by criminals, Trump has made deporting undocumented immigrants a top focus for his second term.
