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CHICAGO (NewsNation) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents accidental they made astir 1,200 arrests Monday, mounting a caller grounds since President Donald Trump reintroduced his "zero tolerance" argumentation connected amerciable migration aft returning to the White House past week.
The surge successful arrests came arsenic Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited New York City connected Tuesday and arsenic ICE operations extended crossed large U.S. cities, including Chicago, Miami, Phoenix and Atlanta. Raids person besides been reported successful Los Angeles and Denver.
Noem shared a video connected X showing 1 of the arrests with the caption, "Criminal alien with kidnapping, battle & burglary charges is present successful custody" and added, "Dirtbags similar this volition proceed to beryllium removed from our streets."
More than 1,500 active-duty troops at confederate border
Since Trump's instrumentality to the White House, ICE agents person reportedly arrested much than 3,500 undocumented migrants, with much than fractional occurring since raids began implicit the weekend.
Aiding successful these efforts are much than 1,500 active-duty troops on the confederate border, joining immoderate 2,500 National Guard and Army Reserve troops already deployed successful the area.
Tom Homan, Trump's “border czar,” emphasized these efforts are conscionable the beginning.
"President Trump's going to unafraid the borders arsenic promised to the American people. We're going to enforce migration law. So that's what we're going to do, without apology. We're connected board, we're going to spell forward, you're going to spot it get a hellhole of a batch bigger successful the adjacent future," helium said.
However, not everyone supports Trump's pugnacious caller migration measures.
Quaker groups person filed a suit aimed astatine blocking ICE agents from raiding "sensitive locations," specified arsenic houses of worship, playgrounds and hospitals, without support from supervisors. This marks the archetypal ineligible situation to Trump's policies from a faith-based organization.
Congress targets sanctuary cities
Meanwhile, members of Congress are starting to propulsion backmost against section leaders who garbage to cooperate with Trump's deportation efforts.
The House Oversight Committee sent letters to the mayors of Chicago, Boston, New York and Denver, requesting much accusation astir their efforts to assistance with the raids.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., seat of the committee, called for the mayors to attest earlier Congress adjacent month.
"Congress indispensable find whether further authorities is indispensable to heighten borderline information and nationalist safety," Comer said successful a connection Monday.
It is unclear whether the mayors volition hold to look earlier the committee.
