Federal agents will reportedly target aliens with criminal backgrounds during the week-long operation
US President-elect Donald Trump will kick off his deportation drive with a large-scale raid in Chicago one day after his inauguration, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Hundreds of immigration officers are expected to take part in the raid.
The raid will begin on Tuesday morning and last all week, with between 100 and 200 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers deployed to the city, the newspaper reported, citing four anonymous sources. Officers will target illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds, although anyone present during arrests who entered the country illegally will also be detained, the sources said.
Trump promised on the campaign trail that if elected, he would lead “the largest deportation operation in American history.” In an interview with MSNBC last month, he said he would start by deporting illegal…
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