Trump gives new powers to government agents for mass deportation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Already, there are 2,500 troops at the border helping Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as part of Joint Task Force-North, US Northern Command's border mission based out of El Paso, Texas.
53% : 'ICE is doing their job,' Homan said of the swiftly enacted operations.
51% : Department of Homeland Security conducting a raidBut the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is also creating task forces to work with local and state law enforcement authorities to have them enforce federal immigration laws.
50% : She said it is part of Trump's mission to 'direct the Department of Defense to make homeland security a core mission of the agency' and for the Pentagon to finally 'take homeland security seriously.'As the U.S. prepares to deport potentially millions of illegal immigrants, the Mexican government is erecting a temporary shelter near the very southern tip of the border with Texas in Matamoros, Mexico.
47% : Trump is reinstating his remain in Mexico policy, which requires migrants who are seeking asylum in the U.S. to wait for their court date in the country from which they crossed.
46% : 'If they go into an apartment looking for a gang member who's wanted, and he's got two buddies in there and they're both illegal, they may pick them up as well.'President Trump traveled to Aurora, a suburb of Denver, in October to launch 'Operation Aurora'-- what he billed as the largest deportation plan in the nation's history meant to eject millions of migrants from the US.
45% : By STEPHEN M. LEPORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and MARYANN MARTINEZ, TEXAS BUREAU CHIEF FOR DAILYMAIL.COMDonald Trump has granted sweeping new powers to multiple government agencies to help homeland security deal with the crisis at the border.
45% : Even though ICE is only going after people who have pending cases at this time, it's possible other migrants may be caught up in the dragnet.
44% : Multiple reports detail the new directive and the Justice Department memo, written by Trump appointee and Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.It states: 'Federal law prohibits state and local actors from resisting, obstructing or otherwise failing to comply with lawful immigration-related commands and requests.'Trump issued 10 executive orders on day one of his second term on Monday related to the southern border and the illegal immigration crisis.
44% : ICE in Colorado is going after criminal migrants and those who skipped out on deportation orders by a judge, law enforcement sources tell DailyMail.comHe vowed during the 2024 election he would carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history.
42% : Pictured above: The ICE detention center in Aurora, ColoradoFormer ICE Field Office Director John Fabbricatore, testifies before a House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on restoring immigration enforcement in America, on Capitol Hill in Washington, WednesdayHe also cited threats posed by international gangs and drug cartels, writing: 'It is the responsibility of the Justice Department to defend the Constitution and, accordingly, to lawfully executive the policies that the American people elected President Trump to implement.'Arrests in Denver began on Monday, when President Donald Trump took the oath of office, and have spread throughout the state.
38% : President Trump is directing federal prosecutors to investigate state and city officials who resist his immigration enforcement efforts, a Justice Department memo instructs.
35% : Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, in the Rocky Mountain state has been detaining migrants with pending criminals cases, police sources confirmed.
31% : On Wednesday, Trump ordered the Pentagon to send the military in to help border agents who have been overwhelmed by the surge in crossings from Mexico under Joe Biden.
30% : Homan told Fox News there have been no CBP One App releases since Trump took office and claims that total apprehensions at the southern border dropped to 766 on Tuesday.
19% : Trump has not ruled out using the military within America's borders to help round up illegal immigrants for his massive deportation operation.
18% : Bove's memo notes this is an additional way in which to enforce the flurry of executive orders Trump signed on illegal immigration already.
16% : Trump's 'border czar' Tom Homan announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) already arrested 308 illegal migrants on Tuesday - including some charged with murder and child rape.

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