Undeterred by protests, Trump tells ICE to step up deportations in Democratic-run cities
President Donald Trump has directed federal immigration officials to target deportations in cities run by Democrats, including Boston, after millions of people turned out in protest against the Republican White House's policies over the weekend.
In a post to his Truth Social website on Sunday, Trump said he was ordering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to 'do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.'
'In order to achieve this, we must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America's largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside,' he continued.
'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,' Trump wrote.
The social media post appears to codify remarks by senior White House aide Stephen Miller, who earlier said that ICE agents would aim for at least 3,000 arrests a day, up from around 650 a day from the earlier part of Trump's second term, according to The Associated Press.
In Massachusetts, ICE announced earlier this month that it had arrested almost 1,500 people who were in the country illegally during its monthlong 'Operation Patriot.'
The Bay State 'is a safer place today thanks to the hard work and determination of the men and women of ICE and our federal partners. Working together, we were able to arrest almost 1,500 illegal aliens throughout the Commonwealth, most of whom had significant criminality in the United States or abroad,' ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde, said in a statement.
Those who were detained included Milford High School student Marcelo Gomes da Silva.
The 18-year-old was picking up some of his volleyball teammates on Saturday morning when four vehicles driven by ICE representatives surrounded his car. Agents jumped out and detained Gomes, MassLive previously reported.
He has since been released from custody.
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Trump did not mention Boston by name in his social media post. But Mayor Michelle Wu made nationwide headlines for the city's immigration policies after she testified before a congressional committee earlier this year.
Trump claimed Sunday, without offering evidence, that "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."
In Boston over the weekend, anti-Trump protesters folded their demonstrations in with the city's Pride parade, which had already been scheduled for Saturday, urging groups to march in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community.
'This Pride is different,' Ian Wallace-Moyer, of Jamaica Plain, told MassLive. 'It does feel, as much as it is a day of joy and celebration, it is a day of resilience. And I think everything has an undercurrent of fear and apprehension for what the future holds.'
In his social media post, Trump appeared to target those Pride marches, arguing that '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. That is why they believe in Open Borders, Transgender for Everybody, and Men playing in Women's Sports."
He added that he wanted 'our Brave ICE Officers to know that REAL Americans are cheering you on every day. The American People want our Cities, Schools, and Communities to be SAFE and FREE from Illegal Alien Crime, Conflict, and Chaos.'
That's why, he continued, he had 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. 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.'
'To ICE, FBI, DEA, ATF, the Patriots at Pentagon and the State Department, you have my unwavering support. Now go, GET THE JOB DONE! DJT' Trump concluded.
But even with that harder line, the White House has directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels, after Trump expressed alarm about the impact aggressive enforcement is having on those industries, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter who spoke only on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press.
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