White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed this week that deportation flights of illegal criminal migrants have begun — just four days after Donald Trump’s inauguration.
“Deportation flights have begun,” Leavitt said on X. “President Trump is sending a strong and clear message to the entire world: if you illegally enter the United States of America, you will face severe consequences.”
Deportation flights have begun.
President Trump is sending a strong and clear message to the entire world: if you illegally enter the United States of America, you will face severe consequences. pic.twitter.com/CTlG8MRcY1
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 24, 2025
ICE raids have begun, with President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security green-lighting arrests in sensitive locations like schools, churches, and businesses, reversing a Biden-era rule prohibiting such actions.
“I said from Day 1, no one’s off the table. If you’re in the United States illegally, you got a problem, but we’re focusing on public safety threats first,” Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, told NewsNation on Thursday.
🚨NEW: Tom Homan reveals that ICE has already made 1300 arrests during deportation operations:
“We’ve arrested 1300 people, over a thousand of them are criminals.”
“The other ones are either fugitives who’ve been through immigration court, that became a fugitive, or… pic.twitter.com/wEQlGKy9QX
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) January 24, 2025
On his first full day back in office, Trump oversaw the arrest of over 300 illegal migrant criminals in sanctuary cities like Boston, Denver, and Seattle for deportation. He also ended the “catch and release” policy and announced plans to deploy 10,000 troops to secure the southern border.
