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Morocco World
3 days ago
- Politics
- Morocco World
Trump Orders Mass Deportation Targeting Democratic Strongholds
From his Truth Social throne, Donald Trump has issued a sweeping directive to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ordering agents to escalate immigration crackdowns in a bid to 'reverse the tide of Mass Destruction Migration.' '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 declared. His order calls for ICE to zero in on Democratic-led cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York—places he claims are overrun by 'millions and upon million of illegal aliens.' '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,' he wrote, regurgitating widely debunked and xenophobic anti-immigrant narratives. Trump divides Americans into two camps: the 'REAL Americans,' he claims, are cheering ICE agents every day, and the 'Radical Left Democrats,' whom he blames for undermining the country. 'These Radical Left Democrats are sick of mind, hate our Country, and actually want to destroy our Inner Cities.[…] That is why There is something wrong with them. That is why they believe in Open Borders, Transgender for Everybody, and Men playing in Women's Sports,' he added, mixing unrelated right-wing culture war themes to provoke reactionary outrage. Trump concluded with a promise to ramp up deportations: '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,' said Trump, overlooking his own foreign German ancestry. 'When 30,000 Ukrainians sought asylum here in the city of Chicago, nobody said a mumbling word. But all of a sudden when indigenous people who are trying to get to a land that was robbed from them through colonization, they want me as a Black man to be mad at them? You gotta be out of your freaking mind!' Said Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, laying bare the racist underpinnings of immigration enforcement. A retaliation for a bruised ego Trump's Truth Social outburst came just one day after the massive 'No Kings' protests, in which an estimated six million people across 2,000 American cities demonstrated against what they see as Trump's authoritarian power grabs and ambitions of unchecked rule. The protests coincided with a lavish military parade held under the banner of celebrating 250 years of the US Army—but also timed to mark Trump's 79th birthday, leading many to see the event more as a birthday parade. While the No Kings protests drew massive crowds, the military parade—reportedly costing up to $45 million in taxpayer funds amid a housing crisis, inflation, and mounting global instability—saw far lower turnout. The White House estimated attendance at 250,000, but independent media outlets placed the crowd in the tens of thousands. 'I am mad because that Military Parade is lame AF! They can't even synchronize their marches and hands! WTF kind of show is that? Trump wasted money for the world to show that Americans can't pull off a proper Military Parade? WTF!' posted one user on X. Others speculated that attendees were recruited through Craigslist. Militarizing immigration enforcement Trump's post also followed his controversial move to federalize thousands of National Guard troops and deploy hundreds of Marines to Los Angeles—a decision made without the consent of California's governor. The deployment marked a dramatic and legally dubious escalation of federal power. 'What we're witnessing is not law enforcement – it's authoritarianism,' said California Governor Gavin Newsom, denouncing Trump's actions. 'Trump is pulling a military dragnet across Los Angeles. It's weakness masquerading as strength,' he added, warning that the decision would only escalate tensions in LA. The federal occupation came amid ICE's intensifying campaign in Los Angeles, where agents have been using aggressive and unlawful tactics to target immigrant communities. These actions triggered mass protests from residents who appreciate immigrants as an integral part of the city's fabric and fear a breakdown in basic civil rights. Before Trump's directive, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem reportedly met with ICE leadership last month, pressuring the agency to ramp up arrests to 3,000 per day. According to reports, ICE officials were threatened with termination if they failed to meet the quota. 'Get the numbers up. We expect results – no excuses,' said Miller while reportedly yelling during the meeting. Despite official claims that ICE's focus on 'violent illegal immigrants,' video footage and reports from advocacy groups and witnesses paint a much grimmer reality– scenes that shatter any illusion of targeted enforcement. Mothers ripped from their children, workers being kidnapped mid-shift, students ripped away from classrooms, worshippers dragged from places of sanctuary—all taken to cruel detention facilities without the shield of warrants or due process.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump ratchets up immigration threats to Democratic-run cities
In a Sunday tirade zeroing in on Democratic leaders, President Donald Trump said he wants to "expand efforts to detain and deport illegal Aliens in America's largest cities." His Truth Social post attempted to distinguish between those he called "REAL Americans" and those "Radical Left Democrats" to whom he attributed a long list of sins, vices and general moral failings. The post came a day after widespread "No Kings" protests were held in cities and towns across the country, as well as days after he federalized the National Guard and sent Marines to Los Angeles (one of the cities he mentioned in Sunday's post, along with Chicago and New York City) to deal with protests centering on immigration. "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 said. Trump's commitment to reversing "the tide of Mass Destruction Migration" came after last week's Truth Social post in which he expressed concern that too many migrants were being deported from farms, hotels and restaurants, dealing potentially crippling blows to those sectors of the economy. "Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace," he wrote on Thursday. That post drew blowback from some of his supporters, even on Truth Social itself. Sunday's post had a different tone. "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," he wrote.
Time of India
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
'I won 2020 election by millions of votes': Donald Trump slams Biden's ‘autopen pardons', calls Jan 6 probe a 'corrupt and vicious witch hunt'
In yet another fiery post, US President reignited his long-standing claims that the was rigged. Trump doubled down on a claim he's made before: that the use of an autopen to issue pardons was illegal. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Taking to his account on Saturday, Trump launched a scathing attack on President , former President Barack Obama, the congressional committee that investigated the January 6 Capitol riot, and what he called the 'Radical Left Democrats.' The centrepiece of his rant was a dramatic allegation that pardons issued to members of the committee were invalid because Biden allegedly did not sign them himself, instead using an autopen. 'Whoever had control of the 'AUTOPEN' is looking to be a bigger and bigger scandal by the moment,' Trump wrote. 'It is a major part of the real crime, THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2020 WAS RIGGED AND STOLEN!' An autopen is a mechanical device that replicates a person's signature using a robotic arm with a pen. Although it remains unclear whether Biden actually used an autopen to issue any pardons, Trump insisted that doing so rendered them illegal. US presidents, including Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, and even Thomas Jefferson are known to have used autopens during their time in office. The device is often used for routine or ceremonial documents when the president is unavailable. However, Trump is now claiming that the pardons granted to the so-called 'Unselect Committee of Political Thugs' are 'VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT' because of the supposed use of the autopen. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now 'The 'Pardons' that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of , and many others, are hereby declared VOID... because of the fact that they were done by Autopen,' Trump posted in March, resurfacing the same claim on Saturday. He went on to accuse those pardoned unnamed but presumed to be members or affiliates of the Jan. 6 committee, of deleting and destroying evidence from what he called a 'corrupt and vicious witch hunt' against him. 'Millions and millions of people knew that... the waged a campaign of inoculation and innocence like none that had ever been waged before,' he said. Trump tied the controversy back to his long-standing grievance over the 2020 election result and continued to claim that Republicans won, writing, 'THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS RIGGED! I (MAGA!) WON THE ELECTION BY MILLIONS OF VOTES, AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT.' In his concluding remarks, Trump said: 'GOD BLESS AMERICA, FOR THE FIGHT HAS JUST BEGUN!!!' There has been no official confirmation from the White House about the use of an autopen for pardons related to the January 6 probe.
