President -elect Donald Trump said the border, that the incoming administration “has declined” is now whether to launch the removal operations in Chicago after a series of news reports in recent days indicated that the raids will be launched early in the right day of Trump as president. .
“We are reviewing any plans in Chicago due to the leakage,” Tom Human told ABC News, adding that news reports may endanger the officers.
As part of the Trump strategy to secure borders, it planned to enforce immigration and customs to implement post -dimensional raids early on Tuesday, starting from Chicago and then moving to other big cities, sources have been informed of the plans.
Human said that although his team is now reviewing how to move forward in Chicago, Trump and his incoming management are still committed to taking aggressive measures quickly.
“When the president resides, ICE officers will have a new priority in searching for those who consider a threat to public safety and the threat of national security,” Homan told ABC News.
In an interview with ABC News' Rachel Scott earlier on Saturday, Trump described the raids as a “great priority” when asked whether his administration could implement post -adopting raids early on Tuesday. He refused to discuss timing, but he pledged “will happen”.
“It is a priority to get the criminals out of our country,” he said. “It is for everyone – it is one of the reasons that won the elections in a large margin. It is a priority.”
ICE intensified its operations in anticipation of Trump's plan to carry out deportations, and the agency has applied to ICE agents to volunteer to help at least some operations, according to a source.
In this February 7, 2017, a copy of a file issued by the enforcement of American migration and customs, foreign citizens are arrested during a targeted enforcement process conducted by the enforcement of migration and customs (ICE) that aims to immigrate immigration, re -enter, and decline in departments and criminal. Foreigners in Los Angeles.
Charles Reed/AP, file
The “upcoming administration” has been established that the agencies that fall under the umbrella of the Ministry of Internal Security, such as enforcement and removal operations, which deal with deportations and internal security investigations, have been presented “on alert.” .
Although the field teams have not been granted specific details about what will be kept next week, Federal agents who have been appointed to the region were asked to prepare issues and operations that are “ready to go”.
This is July 17, 2024, the image of the files, the former director of migration and customs, speaks Thomas Human, speaks on the stage on the third day of the Republican National Congress at the Fiserv Forum in Milwoki and Wisconsin.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, File
The following Ice raid plans were reported for the first time by The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Human examined these operations in the previous comments, especially targeting Chicago.
In December, Human visited the city and will start the promised implementation operations there.
On October 22, 2018, the enforcement of migration and customs in the United States surrounds the United States and detained a person during a raid in Richmond, Virginia.
Steve Hilber/AP, file
“All of this starts on January 21, and we will start here in Chicago, Illinois,” Homan said during the visit.
Human has promised to follow the violent criminals in the United States.
