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Illegal immigrants across America who now face deportation in the new Trump administration may only have a short trip from their sanctuary cities before they’re shipped off back to their own countries.
A new plan, currently under discussion, aims to double the 41,000 detention beds that Congress allowed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Illegal migrants would be held in such facilities before being flown back to their country of origin.
However, due to the illegal immigrant populations in sanctuary cities, detention facilities are likely to be placed near them – presumably to cut down on travel costs.
NBC reported that sources said those would determine where detention centers are located.
But the sanctuary city status will not stop the incoming administration from creating a detention center in or near such a community.
Likely places for new centers include Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, and Chicago.
In cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, expanding or reopening facilities might also be an option
Trump representative Karoline Leavitt told NBC:
“The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin, giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail. He will deliver.”
Newly nominated deputy chief of staff under Trump, Stephen Miller, said the new administration ould call out National Guard troops to assist in deportations.
Trump himself suggested that the 1798 law, ‘the Alien Enemies Act,’ could also be used to deport alleged gang members.
Miller said Trump is going full steam ahead in his plans for deportations.
“Any activists who doubt President Trump’s resolve in the slightest are making a drastic error: Trump will unleash the vast arsenal of federal powers to implement the most spectacular migration crackdown,” he told The New York Times.
“The immigration legal activists won’t know what’s happening.”
“Mass deportation will be a labor-market disruption celebrated by American workers, who will now be offered higher wages with better benefits to fill these jobs,” he said.
“Americans will also celebrate the fact that our nation’s laws are now being applied equally, and that one select group is no longer magically exempt.”
“Bottom line,” he said, “President Trump will do whatever it takes.”
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