President Donald Trump announced Saturday over Twitter that he will delay for two weeks a plan that would deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to raid the homes of undocumented immigrants in several major U.S. cities.
The delay, Trump claimed, will allow time for Republicans and Democrats to reach a consensus on how to manage the number of people attempting to cross the southern border and request asylum.
“At the request of Democrats, I have delayed the Illegal Immigration Removal Process (Deportation) for two weeks to see if the Democrats and Republicans can get together and work out a solution to the Asylum and Loophole problems at the Southern Border,” Trump wrote.
He added: “If not, Deportations start!”
ICE would have targeted around 2,000 families who received deportation orders in Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston, among other cities, according to three unnamed U.S. officials with knowledge of the orders who spoke with The Washington Post.
At the request of Democrats, I have delayed the Illegal Immigration Removal Process (Deportation) for two weeks to see if the Democrats and Republicans can get together and work out a solution to the Asylum and Loophole problems at the Southern Border. If not, Deportations start!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2019
On Monday, Trump hinted via Twitter that the agency would soon begin rounding up undocumented immigrants across the country, with the goal of ultimately removing “millions.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called the plan “heartless” and implored the president to halt it.
“These families are hard-working members of our communities and our country,” she said in a statement earlier on Saturday.
“It is important that the President and our immigrant communities know that they have rights in America,” she said, going on to quote Ronald Reagan on the merits of immigration.
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