Washington, DC. On Tuesday, the first day after Donald Trump took office as president, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 308 illegal immigrants. According to the news printed in The New York Post, Tom Homan, the border security officer, disclosed this matter.
It is said that the arrests were made from every part of the country. It is said that the majority of illegal immigrants are criminals. Some of them are accused of kidnapping, murder and rape. Homan said on Wednesday that immigration officials have begun arresting illegal immigrants who pose a threat to the country.
It is said that the number of such immigrants in the United States is more than 700,000. According to a report by Bengali newspaper Pratham Alo, four Bangladeshi citizens are among those arrested on the first day. They were arrested in the Fulton area of Brooklyn borough of New York.
The raids are continuing across the country
Raids are underway across the country to catch illegal immigrants. According to the report, raids are being carried out in many states in the US. It is said that such immigrants are being extensively questioned. A few days after winning the presidential election, Trump appointed former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief Tom Homan as his “border czar.”
Homan announced last week that he would launch a massive nationwide search operation to arrest undocumented illegal immigrants the day after Trump was sworn in. Trump signed several executive orders shortly after his inauguration on Monday.
It also included orders to halt the entry of illegal immigrants and tighten border security. During his inauguration ceremony, Trump talked about deporting illegal immigrants from the US. He said that the biggest deportation campaign in American history would soon begin. According to the Pew Research Center, the United States has the largest number of immigrants in the world. 20 percent of the world’s immigrants live in the US. By 2023, the total number of immigrants living here was 478 lakh. Agency