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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The incoming administration of U.S. President Donald Trump plans to step up immigration enforcement across the country as soon as he takes office on Monday, a person with knowledge of the plans said.
“We will be conducting operations across the country,” the person told Reuters on Friday. “You’re going to see an arrest in New York. You’re going to see an arrest in Miami.”
The source was responding to a Wall Street Journal report that the administration plans to launch a major immigration raid in Chicago on Tuesday.
Citing four people familiar with the plan, the newspaper said the operation in Chicago will last a week, with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement sending between 100 and 200 officers to carry out the operation.
A source who spoke to Reuters denied that there had been a specific effort to relocate workers to Chicago.
Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Immigration was a centerpiece of Trump’s campaign ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election.
“During my inauguration, we will begin the largest deportation crackdown in American history,” Trump said in January 2024.
Trump is expected to mobilize agencies across the US government to help him deport immigration numbers, Reuters reported, continuing efforts in his first term to use all available resources and suppress the so-called “sanctuary” interaction.
