Overview

• President Trump has ordered what he calls the largest deportation initiative in U.S. history aimed at undocumented immigrants in Democratic-run metropolitan areas.
• The directive tasks ICE, the FBI and Pentagon personnel with intensifying raids in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York to remove undocumented migrants.
• The announcement follows widespread 'No Kings' protests held across the country opposing the administration's immigration policies.
• In Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass extended a citywide curfew and warned that the scale and nature of incoming ICE operations remain unclear and fuel public anger.
• Democratic officials have vowed legal resistance to federal pressure on sanctuary policies as the administration deploys 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to support operations in Los Angeles over local objections.