The press secretary of the United States government, Karoline Leavitt, reported that 538 illegal migrants were detained and deported. He said it was the “largest massive deportation operation in history.” He added that members of the criminal organization Tren de Aragua were identified.
US authorities arrested 538 migrants and deported hundreds in a massive operation carried out in the first days of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt. He announced that among those arrested there was a terrorism suspect, four alleged members of the Tren de Aragua group, and several illegals accused of sexual crimes against minors.
The announcement was made in a message published on the X platform, Leavitt cited a message from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE). He assured that “Hundreds” were deported on military planes. “The largest massive deportation operation in history is underway. Promises made. “Promises kept,” he stated.
The operation he refers to generated controversy after Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka reported that ICE agents carried out raids on a local establishment, detaining not only undocumented residents, but also American citizens, without file a court order.
According to an ICE post on platform The actions of the operation resulted in 538 arrests and 373 detention warrants issued. The raid was criticized by Democratic senators from New Jersey, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, who in a joint statement expressed their “deep concern” about the actions of the immigration agents.
Trump, who promised during his election campaign a tough policy against irregular immigration, has described this operation as part of his effort to carry out “the largest deportation operation in the history of the United States.”
According to their estimates, these measures could impact the 11 million undocumented migrants currently living in the country.
On January 24, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, suspended the Safe Mobility Program that offered regular migration mechanisms to that country, Spain and Canada to Venezuelan, Guatemalan, Nicaraguan and Colombian migrants, among others.
In the Web page of the program it was announced that no new applications will be accepted. “If your case has already been referred to the United States for resettlement under the Safe Mobility Initiative, you will receive more information soon. “You do not need to take any action at this time,” the portal reads.
On the other hand, the White House denied Mexico’s refusal to accept deportation flights. “He accepted a record four flights in one day,” Leavvit said.
“Thanks to President Trump: Yesterday, Mexico accepted a record of 4 deportation flights in 1 day!” he wrote on the social network deportation from the US.
Leavitt indicated that these deportations are in addition to the “unrestricted returns” carried out at the land border, the deportation of non-Mexicans and the reestablishment of the Remain in Mexico law. “Mexico has also mobilized 30,000 national guards,” he highlighted.
The government of Mexico, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), He also denied the rejection of flights and highlighted the cooperation between both nations. “When it comes to repatriations, we will always accept the arrival of Mexican men and women to our territory with open arms. “Mexico embraces you,” declared the agency.
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Guatemala says it is prepared
The Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in “permanent” communication with the White House and is ready to handle receiving around 18 weekly flights of citizens deported from the United States, a senior official from the Central American country told CNN on Saturday morning.
Santiago Palomo, secretary of the Office of the President of Guatemala, confirmed that 264 Guatemalan citizens have been deported from the United States to their country on US military flights.
The return of Guatemalan citizens comes as the Trump administration moved at lightning speed this week to implement the president’s anti-immigration agenda, laying the groundwork to quickly deport migrants in the country.
“Our authorities in the United States, led by Ambassador Hugo Beteta, were in communication this week with senior officials of Donald Trump’s administration,” Palomo said. “Communication was very fluid. “We had quite detailed information about the flights we were expecting on Friday.”
With information from CNN
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