President Donald Trump has ordered a new blitz on Democratic cities, with massive numbers of illegal immigrants being detained for the “biggest mass deportation in history.”
The president’s new surge would bring even more ICE agents to some of America’s most populous cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, the Daily Mail noted.
It marks a significant escalation following days of violent anti-ICE rallies around the country in response to Trump’s aggressive immigration policy.
“Our Nation’s ICE officers have shown incredible strength, determination, and courage as they facilitate a very important mission, the largest mass deportation operation of illegal aliens in history. 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,” Trump said.
Trump announced his new crackdown plans after a week of immigration enforcement actions in Los Angeles, California, during which protests turned violent. Trump responded by deploying the National Guard and hundreds of Marines.
Trump’s actions sparked outrage from Democratic officials, including California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who said the president was inciting protestors by bringing in the military.
However, Trump responded to criticism of his deportation operations, accusing Democrats for allowing their communities to become sanctuaries for illegal immigrants.
“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! There is something wrong with them,” Trump wrote, blaming Democratic governors for allowing their cities to turn from “once Idyllic Towns” into “scenes of Third World Dystopia.”
The president went on to order ICE agents “to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.”
The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to deploy ICE tactical units to five Democrat-led cities in response to ongoing unrest in Los Angeles, where Gov. Newsom appeared visibly emotional as he blamed President Donald Trump for contributing to the crisis.
Newsom delivered a harrowing prediction for the rest of the country last week in a nationally televised address that blasted Trump’s deployment of US troops to Los Angeles to protect federal property and federal agents – not to conduct civilian immigration and law enforcement functions, which would be a violation of U.S. law.
“Look, this isn’t just about protests here in Los Angeles, when Donald Trump sought blanket authority to commandeer the National Guard. He made that order apply to every state in this nation,” Newsom said.
“his is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes, this moment we have feared has arrived,” he claimed, though Trump’s authority as commander-in-chief of all armed forces, including, ultimately, state National Guard units, is clearly spelled out in the Constitution.
To that end, a federal appeals court for the 9th Circuit late Thursday temporarily paused a lower court’s ruling that ordered the return of control over the California National Guard back to Newsom. Both sides have until early next week to present their arguments.
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During his speech, Newsom also accused Trump of “taking a wrecking ball to our founding fathers’ historic project” of three co-equal branches of government.
The specialized units from the Trump administration will be sent to New York City, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, and northern Virginia. Four of these locations are solidly Democratic, while northern Virginia includes the Democratic stronghold of Alexandria.
The ICE operations have ignited widespread protests, bringing Los Angeles to a standstill and prompting the mayor to impose a citywide curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
But they are part of Trump’s promised crackdown on the presence of migrants in the U.S. illegally after four years of ‘open borders’ policies under former President Joe Biden.
