President Donald Trump announced an expansion of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids on sanctuary cities as part of his campaign promise of the “largest Mass Deportation Program in History.”
Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post on Sunday night, where he called on ICE officers to “reverse the tide of Mass Destruction Migration” by targeting cities at the “core of the Democrat Power Center,” citing the three largest cities in the country: New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
“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. These, and other such Cities, are the core of the Democrat Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base, cheat in Elections, and grow the Welfare State, robbing good paying Jobs and Benefits from Hardworking American Citizens. These Radical Left Democrats are sick of mind, hate our Country, and actually want to destroy our Inner Cities — And they are doing a good job of it!” the president posted.
Trump added that the expanded deportation efforts would be focused on “our crime ridden and deadly Inner Cities, and those places where Sanctuary Cities play such a big role.”
“The American People want our Cities, Schools, and Communities to be SAFE and FREE from Illegal Alien Crime, Conflict, and Chaos. That’s why I have directed my entire Administration to put every resource possible behind this effort, and reverse the tide of Mass Destruction Migration that has turned once Idyllic Towns into scenes of Third World Dystopia. Our Federal Government will continue to be focused on the REMIGRATION of Aliens to the places from where they came, and preventing the admission of ANYONE who undermines the domestic tranquility of the United States,” Trump said.
Trump’s focus on sanctuary cities for his deportation operation follows violent anti-ICE riots that rocked Los Angeles over the past week.
The president’s decision to deploy the National Guard and, later, the Marines to the city to quell the chaos was condemned by the Democratic leaders of the state, specifically Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
Newsom and Bass have maintained that state law enforcement is sufficient in dealing with the riots and view the National Guard deployment as only inflaming the violence.
Trump, however, saw it as a necessary enforcement step to take after rioters were seen attacking law enforcement with stones, concrete, Molotov cocktails, and fireworks.
Newsom later sued the Trump administration over the deployment, with a judge ruling last week that Trump must return the National Guard authority to California. An appeals court temporarily blocked that ruling early Friday.
Other sanctuary city governors have taunted the Trump administration over immigration enforcement.
At a congressional hearing on Thursday, Govs. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) and Kathy Hochul (D-NY) both said Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, could “arrest” them.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was also defiant ahead of any illegal immigration crackdown in the Windy City, recently calling on Chicagoans to “resist in this moment.”
“This is a necessary fight for all of us to be able to push back. Whether we use the courts or whether we continue to protest or raise our voices, dissent matters in this moment,” Johnson said on Wednesday.
