Trump tells ICE to focus deportations on ‘core' of ‘Democrat Power Center'
President Donald Trump ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Sunday to 'do all in their power' to complete the 'largest Mass Deportation Program in History' and focus deportations on the 'core' of the 'Democrat Power Center.'
In a Sunday statement on Truth Social, Trump explained that ICE officials have displayed 'incredible strength, determination, and courage' in helping carry out the 'largest Mass Deportation Operation of Illegal Aliens in History.'
'Every day, the Brave Men and Women of ICE are subjected to violence, harassment, and even threats from Radical Democrat Politicians, but nothing will stop us from executing our mission, and fulfilling our Mandate to the American People,' Trump wrote. 'ICE Officers are herewith ordered, by notice of this TRUTH, to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.'
Trump explained that to accomplish his administration's deportation goals, ICE will need to expand its efforts in cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. The 47th president warned that millions of illegal immigrants currently remain in some of the largest cities in the United States at the 'core of the Democrat Power Center.' Trump accused Democrats of using illegal immigrants to 'expand their Voter Base, cheat in Elections, and grow the Welfare State, robbing good paying Jobs and Benefits from Hardworking American Citizens.'
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'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 added.
Trump noted that he wants ICE, Border Patrol, and other law enforcement officials to concentrate upcoming deportation efforts on America's inner cities and sanctuary cities.
In Trump's Truth Social statement, the president emphasized that 'REAL Americans' are supportive of the work ICE agents are accomplishing. Trump claimed that the American people want their communities, cities, and schools to be 'SAFE and FREE from Illegal Alien Crime, Conflict, and Chaos.'
The 47th president announced that he has directed his administration to use 'every resource possible' to deport illegal immigrants and 'reverse the tide of Mass Destruction Migration,' which he claimed has turned American communities into a 'Third World Dystopia.'
'To ICE, FBI, DEA, ATF, the Patriots at Pentagon and the State Department, you have my unwavering support,' Trump concluded. 'Now go, GET THE JOB DONE!'
The president's order regarding the 'largest Mass Deportation Program in History' comes after sources indicated last week that ICE was preparing to deploy Special Response Teams to Chicago, Seattle, Philadelphia, New York City, and northern Virginia following massive anti-ICE protests and riots across the country.
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