Trump's Mass Deportation Plans Spark Controversy and Resistance Across the US

[Social Media]

 

Less than 24 hours after his second inauguration, Donald Trump is poised to launch a nationwide deportation operation, a move that underscores his renewed commitment to aggressive immigration enforcement. Spearheaded by Tom Homan, Trump’s newly appointed “border czar,” the effort will begin with multi-day raids in major cities, including Chicago, New York, and Miami, according to sources.  

 

“We’re going to be doing operations all across the country,” a person with knowledge of the plans told Reuters. The Windy City is set to be the starting point, having received over 50,000 migrants since August 2022. Trump’s administration reportedly chose Chicago due to its sanctuary policies and the sharp disagreements between Trump and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on immigration issues.  

 

Mayor Johnson, a staunch defender of Chicago’s sanctuary city status, has vowed not to cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Despite this, Homan has made it clear that local resistance will not deter the administration’s plans. Speaking at a December event, Homan criticized Johnson and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, stating, “Chicago is in trouble because your mayor sucks and your governor sucks.”  

 

Homan outlined his approach, emphasizing that migrants with criminal records will be prioritized for deportation, followed by those with legal statuses such as asylum seekers and individuals granted humanitarian parole under the Biden administration. “If we don’t [remove them], what the hell are we doing? Shut down immigration court?” he said. Homan defended the operation as a targeted enforcement of existing laws, asserting, “It’s not a sweep, it’s not an uncontrolled operation. It’s a very targeted operation.”  

 

The raids, expected to last a week, will involve between 100 and 200 ICE officers in Chicago alone, with similar operations planned for other cities. Homan also warned that officials harboring or aiding undocumented migrants could face prosecution, sending a clear message to local leaders resisting federal immigration enforcement. “If he [Johnson] doesn’t want to help, get the hell out of the way,” Homan said, adding that parents of Dreamers would need to make difficult choices about remaining in the country.  

 

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has expressed his opposition to Trump’s immigration policies and vowed to explore legal challenges. “To anyone who intends to come take away the freedom and opportunity and dignity of Illinoisans, I would remind you that a happy warrior is still a warrior,” Pritzker declared after Trump’s election. However, his administration has also indicated a pragmatic focus on governance rather than responding to “every ridiculous boast from Trump lackeys.”  

 

US Representative Delia Ramirez, a Democrat representing a Chicago district with a significant immigrant population, took a more confrontational stance. “Tom Homan, the next time you come to #IL03—a district made stronger and more powerful by immigrants—you better be ready to meet the resistance,” she wrote on social media.  

 

While the Trump administration insists that the deportation plans are not racially motivated, the initiative has drawn sharp criticism from immigrant advocacy groups and Democratic leaders. They argue that such measures risk tearing families apart and exacerbating tensions between local governments and federal authorities.  

 

As the nation braces for the start of mass deportation raids, the debate over immigration policy promises to remain one of the most polarizing issues of Trump’s second term.

 

Based on a report by Daily Mail 2025-01-21

 

 

[Cryingdick]

So far the only resistance i have seen is a gag reflex as everybody gets on their knees before him. Let's see if the highland moms really come out to block rapists and criminals from being arrested. 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, Social Media said:

Less than 24 hours after his second inauguration, Donald Trump is poised to launch a nationwide deportation operation, a move that underscores his renewed commitment to aggressive immigration enforcement. Spearheaded by Tom Homan, Trump’s newly appointed “border czar,” the effort will begin with multi-day raids in major cities, including Chicago, New York, and Miami, according to sources.  

Excellent news. If Trump shows how it is done perhaps those woke Euros will find a spine and follow suit.

 

Trump isn't wasting time, this time. He's mentioned declaring a state of emergency and sending the military to the border. I haven't heard anything about the wall, but I'm assuming that will be finished at long last. At least lots of razor wire.

Also mentioned is removing anchor baby status from illegal's children.

 

It's looking good.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, Social Media said:

Speaking at a December event, Homan criticized Johnson and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, stating, “Chicago is in trouble because your mayor sucks and your governor sucks.”  

It's good to hear a politician speaking so bluntly about those officials that protect criminals ( illegal immigrants are criminals ).

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, Social Media said:

While the Trump administration insists that the deportation plans are not racially motivated, the initiative has drawn sharp criticism from immigrant advocacy groups and Democratic leaders. They argue that such measures risk tearing families apart and exacerbating tensions between local governments and federal authorities.  

Those immigrant advocacy groups and Democratic leaders would swear red is green if it was against Trump, IMO.

Dig in guys, it's going to get rough for the woke.

[AlexRich]

The irony is that many who voted for him will see themselves or members of their families deported.

 

Some of these people deserve to go but there are many others doing the jobs in fields and construction sites that many American's don't want to do - when they get kicked out the economy starts to get impacted ... come back "Sleepy Joe", all is forgiven?

[Cryingdick]

4 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

The irony is that many who voted for him will see themselves or members of their families deported.

 

Some of these people deserve to go but there are many others doing the jobs in fields and construction sites that many American's don't want to do - when they get kicked out the economy starts to get impacted ... come back "Sleepy Joe", all is forgiven?

 

The notion that we need to exploit people and have slaves... as old as the civil war. Watch what happens to the price of cotton. 

[AlexRich]

3 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

 

The notion that we need to exploit people and have slaves... as old as the civil war. Watch what happens to the price of cotton. 

 

It's going to be very interesting to watch this play out, but by all means trivialise the issue. 

[blaze master]

14 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

The irony is that many who voted for him will see themselves or members of their families deported

 

Do share with us how legal immigrants and those on visas will be deported.

 

No one who voted for Trump will be deported as that's not possible nor legal.

 

But good try conflating the issue.

[Cryingdick]

18 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

 

It's going to be very interesting to watch this play out, but by all means trivialise the issue. 

 

I have skills. if labor goes up i can earn more. Everything here seems to be framed under the assumption that you are either retired or useless.  We can let as many workers in as we need. There was never a reason to have an uncontrolled flow especially during a pandemic. Let's not trivialize it.

[AlexRich]

28 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

Do share with us how legal immigrants and those on visas will be deported.

 

No one who voted for Trump will be deported as that's not possible nor legal.

 

But good try conflating the issue.

 

Source: The American Prospect

 

So consider Tom Homan, who yesterday was announced as Trump’s choice for “border czar,” and put in charge of Trump’s mass deportation regime. Homan was Trump’s acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) early in the first term, and he was the architect of the infamous family separation policy that Trump halted in 2018 after relentless criticism. Homan swears he is going to carry out Trump’s plan to deport 15 to 20 million people, or about 4 to 6 percent of the entire American population. There are only perhaps 13 million unauthorized immigrants in total, but the discrepancy might be explained by Homan’s plan to avoid family separation by deporting whole families even if some members are citizens.

[blaze master]

1 minute ago, AlexRich said:

 

Source: The American Prospect

 

So consider Tom Homan, who yesterday was announced as Trump’s choice for “border czar,” and put in charge of Trump’s mass deportation regime. Homan was Trump’s acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) early in the first term, and he was the architect of the infamous family separation policy that Trump halted in 2018 after relentless criticism. Homan swears he is going to carry out Trump’s plan to deport 15 to 20 million people, or about 4 to 6 percent of the entire American population. There are only perhaps 13 million unauthorized immigrants in total, but the discrepancy might be explained by Homan’s plan to avoid family separation by deporting whole families even if some members are citizens.

 

Citizens can't be deported so there's that. The other millions mentioned are illegals so no issue there.

 

You support illegal immigration into America? Good to know.

[AlexRich]

18 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

 

I have skills. if labor goes up i can earn more. Everything here seems to be framed under the assumption that you are either retired or useless.  We can let as many workers in as we need. There was never a reason to have an uncontrolled flow especially during a pandemic. Let's not trivialize it.

 

Sure, throw out 4% of the population and wages will rise everywhere ... but who will do the jobs that no one wants to do? And what is the implication of that for the US economy? Consequences ... consequences.

[AlexRich]

Just now, blaze master said:

 

Citizens can't be deported so there's that. The other millions mentioned are illegals so no issue there.

 

You support illegal immigration into America? Good to know.

 

Whether I support it or not, that is not the issue. The point being made here is that it is not a pain free solution ... as you are all about to find out if Tom Homan does what he says he is going to do. 

 

[Cryingdick]

1 minute ago, AlexRich said:

 

Sure, throw out 4% of the population and wages will rise everywhere ... but who will do the jobs that no one wants to do? And what is the implication of that for the US economy? Consequences ... consequences.

Wages will rise until somebody is willing to do the job. 

[Cryingdick]

2 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

 

Whether I support it or not, that is not the issue. The point being made here is that it is not a pain free solution ... as you are all about to find out if Tom Homan does what he says he is going to do. 

 

 

Tom Homan is targeting felons and criminals. He is also trying to find the 300,000 kids that went missing. Maybe it gets to be more later but for now he is only targeting those that are criminals and already have orders for removal.

[candide]

1 minute ago, Cryingdick said:

Wages will rise until somebody is willing to do the job. 

That means inflation, and Trump also promise to reduce it.

 

Fried eggs anyone? 🙂

[blaze master]

4 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

 

Whether I support it or not, that is not the issue. The point being made here is that it is not a pain free solution ... as you are all about to find out if Tom Homan does what he says he is going to do. 

 

 

I support any effort to deport illegals. As stated before deporting a US citizen is not possible mor is it legal.

Politicians say lots of stuff that turns out to be false.

 

Like no one is above the law and I will not pardon my son. 

 

Ps no one said there is a pain free solution. Both sides are culpable on this issue. Fingers can be pointed but illegal immigration has been going on for decades.

[AlexRich]

1 minute ago, Cryingdick said:

Wages will rise until somebody is willing to do the job. 

 

Yes, but there are some jobs no one will do at any price, and if the price of labour goes up too much the farms themselves will not be viable. 

 

As I said, consequences ... it's one of these "beware of what you wish for moments".

[AlexRich]

2 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

 

Tom Homan is targeting felons and criminals. He is also trying to find the 300,000 kids that went missing. Maybe it gets to be more later but for now he is only targeting those that are criminals and already have orders for removal.

 

That's not what he is saying. 

[Cryingdick]

1 minute ago, candide said:

That means inflation, and Trump also promise to reduce it.

 

Fried eggs anyone? 🙂

 

People complain wages don't go up, when they do they complain about inflation. Alaska is a good example of how it works. You get a high wage for doing just about anything as they need workers. However it doesn't buy very much. Be that as it may be if you get a high wage and really save you can end up pretty well working up there.

[Cryingdick]

2 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

 

That's not what he is saying. 

That's what he said the past few times I have watched him speak oin person. He wants to get them at the jail so it is easier. If he goes into a community and you are amongst them you are getting done too. 

 

Can you give me one good reason that city officials should resist removing criminals from the jails?

[James105]

58 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

The irony is that many who voted for him will see themselves or members of their families deported.

 

Some of these people deserve to go but there are many others doing the jobs in fields and construction sites that many American's don't want to do - when they get kicked out the economy starts to get impacted ... come back "Sleepy Joe", all is forgiven?

 

Are illegal immigrants allowed to vote in America?  If they are then yes, it would have been foolish for illegal immigrants to vote for someone who so clearly stated that illegal immigrants would be deported.   Legal immigrants will of course have nothing to worry about and are often the most affronted by illegal immigrants jumping the queue to get into the USA after they themselves went through the time, effort and expense to do it legally.  

[AlexRich]

3 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

That's what he said the past few times I have watched him speak oin person. He wants to get them at the jail so it is easier. If he goes into a community and you are amongst them you are getting done too. 

 

Can you give me one good reason that city officials should resist removing criminals from the jails?

 

Again, missing the point ... which is that mass deportations will adversely impact the US economy ... and that is what Homan is planning. 

[blaze master]

3 minutes ago, James105 said:

 

Are illegal immigrants allowed to vote in America?  If they are then yes, it would have been foolish for illegal immigrants to vote for someone who so clearly stated that illegal immigrants would be deported.   Legal immigrants will of course have nothing to worry about and are often the most affronted by illegal immigrants jumping the queue to get into the USA after they themselves went through the time, effort and expense to do it legally.  

 

Ya no illegals cannot vote as emphasised so many times on this forum by the left before the election. 

[Cryingdick]

1 minute ago, AlexRich said:

 

Again, missing the point ... which is that mass deportations will adversely impact the US economy ... and that is what Homan is planning. 

 

As has been said it would take a life time to deport just the criminals in NYC. I wouldnt worry too much about the price of avocados just yet. Let's start with a million and reassess after that.

[AlexRich]

3 minutes ago, James105 said:

 

Are illegal immigrants allowed to vote in America?  If they are then yes, it would have been foolish for illegal immigrants to vote for someone who so clearly stated that illegal immigrants would be deported.   Legal immigrants will of course have nothing to worry about and are often the most affronted by illegal immigrants jumping the queue to get into the USA after they themselves went through the time, effort and expense to do it legally.  

 

The point is that families will be deported, including citizens. That's Homan's solution to avoid family separations ... so inadvertently, but it will still happen. Citizen children and undocumented parents?

[Cryingdick]

3 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

 

The point is that families will be deported, including citizens. That's Homan's solution to avoid family separations ... so inadvertently, but it will still happen. Citizen children and undocumented parents?

 

That's really a bad choice the parents made. They can leave on their own. We need to draw a line you can not just make a mockery of the immigration system anymore. Citizens aren't subject to removal. Take your kids and go home voluntarily. 

 

This is why Jus Soli needs to be ended.

[candide]

9 minutes ago, James105 said:

 

Are illegal immigrants allowed to vote in America?  If they are then yes, it would have been foolish for illegal immigrants to vote for someone who so clearly stated that illegal immigrants would be deported.   Legal immigrants will of course have nothing to worry about and are often the most affronted by illegal immigrants jumping the queue to get into the USA after they themselves went through the time, effort and expense to do it legally.  

 

2 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

 

The point is that families will be deported, including citizens. That's Homan's solution to avoid family separations ... so inadvertently, but it will still happen. Citizen children and undocumented parents?

Actually, legal and illegal immigrants often live together and are relatives.

 

Who lives with unauthorized immigrants?

Unauthorized immigrants live in 6.3 million households that include more than 22 million people. These households represent 4.8% of the 130 million U.S. households.

Here are some facts about these households in 2022:

In 86% of these households, either the householder or their spouse is an unauthorized immigrant.

Almost 70% of these households are considered “mixed status,” meaning that they also contain lawful immigrants or U.S.-born residents.

In only about 5% of these households, the unauthorized immigrants are not related to the householder or spouse. In these cases, they are probably employees or roommates.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/

[Cryingdick]

4 minutes ago, candide said:

 

Actually, legal and illegal immigrants often live together and are relatives.

 

Who lives with unauthorized immigrants?

Unauthorized immigrants live in 6.3 million households that include more than 22 million people. These households represent 4.8% of the 130 million U.S. households.

Here are some facts about these households in 2022:

In 86% of these households, either the householder or their spouse is an unauthorized immigrant.

Almost 70% of these households are considered “mixed status,” meaning that they also contain lawful immigrants or U.S.-born residents.

In only about 5% of these households, the unauthorized immigrants are not related to the householder or spouse. In these cases, they are probably employees or roommates.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/

 

It's sort of like if you have a warrant and they kick in the door to bust the drug dealers you live with and they find you, you are also taking a ride although not the primary target. 

 

If the jails cooperated that could be minimized.