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The incoming #Trump admin intends to carry out “post-inauguration” #immigration raids in #Chicago next week…an opening step in Trump’s goal to oversee the largest #deportation operation in American history.

The plan, called “Operation Safeguard” by Immigration & Customs Enforcement [#ICE], would start on Tuesday, the day after Trump is inaugurated, & last until the following Monday…. The dates were still being finalized, however, & could change.

The size of the planned op is unclear. #ICE routinely conducts #deportations in cities throughout the #US. But the agency is taking additional steps to ramp up enforcement for the op & tied it to #Trump’s inauguration in a message sent to personnel…

Hundreds of agents were asked to volunteer & participate in the “post-inauguration” operation targeting immigrants in the US illegally. ICE is planning on sending ~150 agents to #Chicago for the raids.

For #Trump, the *optics* of #immigration agents sporting ballistic gear & arresting immigrants with uncertain or contested status in a #Democratic-led city could be enough. The incoming admin is eager to find ways to send a message that it is cracking down on undocumented immigrants & punishing so-called #SanctuaryCities — communities like #Chicago that refuse to hand over immigrants detained by the police to federal immigration authorities.

Don Terry, a spox for the #Chicago police, said the dept would not “intervene or interfere with any other government agencies performing their duties,” but said it “does not document immigration status” & “will not share information with federal immigration authorities.”

#TomHoman, #Trump’s pick to oversee his promised #MassDeportations, has said the public should expect #immigration action in the early days of the Trump presidency that creates “shock & awe.”

#Trump has promised to carry out #MassDeportations that would target millions of unauthorized immigrants in the US. #TomHoman has said the admin will not hesitate to deport parents who are in the country illegally but have US-born children.

Trump’s team also plans to reassign other federal agents & deputize local police officers & members of the National Guard voluntarily contributed by Republican-run states to help with the #deportation efforts.

#TomHoman has tried to draw attention to the so-called #SanctuaryCities. In November, he suggested that he would ramp up the number of federal #immigration officers in those areas.

“New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, the major cities in this country are still sanctuary cities,” Homan said then, adding, “If they’re not going to help us, then we’ll just double the manpower in those cities.”

@JustinDerrick @Nonilex

More like corporate brown lips, brown brained Republicans and brown head crazies creating a brown-hole country.