A nationwide wave of arrests of immigrants facing deportation will commence over the weekend, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, confirming that the plan, intended to discourage a surge of Central American migrants, was on track after a delay.
"People are coming into this country illegally, we are taking them out legally," Mr Trump told reporters on Friday, calling it a"major operation" that would mainly focus on removing criminals.In a typical week, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests thousands of immigrants who are staying in the country illegally, according to government data. Most of those arrests are made without any advance publicity.
The latest planned arrests would follow widespread criticism of the crowded, unsanitary conditions in which immigrants are being detained along the southwestern border and concerns about children being separated from adults by border officials. Jennifer Costello, the acting inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, told the congressional hearing that the government was falling short in terms of"crowding, the prolonged detention, some of the hygiene that the children are supposed to have".
The Trump administration has increased pressure on the governments of Mexico and several Central American countries to stem the flow of migrants reaching the US border. The operation that Mr Trump said would start on Sunday is an example. ICE is expected to target families whose immigration cases were handled through an expedited court process that began in 2018.
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