Trump orders immigration crackdown on ‘third world' liberal cities
Donald Trump has ordered an immigration crackdown on 'third world' liberal cities as he ramps up his efforts to carry out the 'largest mass deportation program in history'.
The US president said he would 'expand efforts to detain and deport illegal aliens in America's largest cities', including Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
Writing on Truth Social, the Republican leader, 79, called the blue cities a 'Democrat power centre' and said he wanted ICE to focus on 'places where sanctuary cities play such a big role'.
He added: '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.'
It comes after thousands of protesters demonstrated in Los Angeles for more than a week following ICE raids at Home Depot car parks and workplaces.
The protests, which at times became violent, led to Mr Trump making an extraordinary intervention by deploying thousands of National Guard troops to California without the request of the state's governor, Gavin Newsom.
He also deployed hundreds of marines to Los Angeles, who have been guarding federal buildings.
The move pitted Mr Trump and Mr Newsom against each other, with the latter launching a legal battle to try to regain control of the National Guard from Mr Trump.
The demonstrations spread to dozens of other cities, with millions said to have taken part in anti-Trump 'No Kings' protests over the weekend.
It comes after divisions emerged in the White House over immigration policy.
Last week, the administration put a stop to ICE agents carrying out raids at farms after Brooke Rollins, the agriculture secretary, warned Mr Trump he risked losing the support of powerful farming lobbies.
The decision is said to have frustrated Stephen Miller, Mr Trump's deputy chief of staff, who is known as the architect of his aggressive immigration policy.
Mr Miller gave ICE directors targets of 3,000 arrests per day, and a decision to expand the search for migrants saw agents chase migrant workers through fields in Southern California.
On Sunday, Mr Trump claimed that 'every day, the brave men and women of ICE are subjected to violence, harassment, and even threats from radical Democrat politicians.'
Mr Trump said on Sunday night: '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.'
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