Trump rounds up 1,000 illegal immigrants in ONE DAY amid crackdown

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : He is prioritising deporting "public safety threats" and "national security threats" but said he would eventually look to target non-criminal illegal immigrants.
56% : ICE carried out the latest raids in cities including Chicago, Denver, Austin, and Los Angeles.
49% : Democratic mayors are worried about ICE acting unlawfully or arresting non-violent illegal immigrants.
47% : San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said: "I sincerely hope that ICE remains focused on enforcement actions related to violent and serious criminals harming our city. "Not neighbors who are contributing and law-abiding members of our community." The average number of arrests in 2024 was 310, but that number now sits at 433 and is expected to grow.
45% : Homan slammed Democratic politicians who he said "want to vilify the men of ICE".
44% : Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out raids in at least 12 cities across the US on Sunday and said it made some 956 arrests.
40% : Just days into his new term, ICE arrested "538 illegal immigrant criminals" as he seeks to speed up deportations. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: "The largest massive deportation operation in history is well underway.
35% : In Denver, ICE arrested 49 "illegal aliens" from the Tren de Agua gang in an early morning raid on a "makeshift nightclub", the DEA said.
33% : That raid was connected to a DEA drug trafficking investigation that began several months before Trump took office, a DEA official told local affiliate KDVR.
29% : Trump also declared a national emergency at the border with Mexico just after he was sworn in for the second time on Monday.
24% : But Petro slammed Trump saying: "You don't like our freedom, okay.
21% : As part of the nationwide raids a Jordanian with suspected ties to ISIS was busted by ICE in Buffalo on January 24.
21% : However, Trump is disappointed with the figures and said he wants ICE field offices to make 75 arrests each day. ICE officials have been now directed by Trump to increase the number of daily arrests to between 1,200 and 1,500, according to the Washington Post.
19% : Trump threatened to slap a 25 per cent tariff on all Colombian imports and revoke visas for government officials.
11% : The Republican has made tackling immigration one of his priorities AN ILLEGAL immigrant crackdown has seen nearly 1,000 arrested over just one day as Donald Trump picks up the pace on deporting criminals.

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