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Migrants entering America from Mexico border. (file photo)
On the first day (Tuesday) of President Donald Trump taking office in the US, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested 308 illegal immigrants. According to The New York Post, Border Security Officer Tom Homan has revealed this.
These arrests have taken place from every part of the country. Most of these illegal immigrants are criminals. Some of them are accused of kidnapping, murder and rape. Homan said Wednesday that immigration officials have begun arresting illegal immigrants who pose a threat to the country. Their population is more than 7 lakh.
According to the report of Bengali newspaper Prothom Alo, 4 Bangladeshi citizens were among those caught on the first day. He has been arrested from Brooklyn Borough Fulton area of New York.
Raids continue across the country to catch illegal immigrants According to the report, raids are going on in many states of America and immigrants are being interrogated on a large scale.
Just days after winning the presidential election, Trump appointed former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief Tom Homan as ‘Border Czar’. Homan announced last week that the day after Trump’s inauguration he would launch a massive nationwide search and arrest of undocumented immigrants.
Trump has given the responsibility of the country’s borders (Border Czar) to Tom Homan.
After taking oath on Monday, Trump signed several executive orders. Among these were orders like stopping the entry of illegal immigrants and tightening security on the border. Even during the oath, Trump had talked about expelling illegal immigrants from America. He had said that very soon the largest deportation campaign in American history would begin.
According to the Pew Research Center, America has the largest number of immigrants in the world. A total of 20% of the world’s immigrants live in America only. The total number of immigrants living here by 2023 was 4.78 crore. Trump believes that people from other countries commit crimes by entering America illegally.
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