President Donald Trump has ordered a nationwide expansion of migrant deportation and detention, naming Los Angeles, Chicago and New York as specific targets.
00:00Over in the U.S., President Donald Trump has ordered an expansion on deportation and detention of migrants across the country.
00:07He called on federal agencies to deliver what he describes as the single largest mass deportation program in history.
00:16The president named Los Angeles, Chicago and New York as specific targets.
00:21All cities that have seen large-scale protests following increased immigration rates.
00:25Los Angeles in particular saw Trump calling on National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to help kill the unrest,
00:32which drew strong objections from California's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom.
00:37In a post on Truth Social, Trump added that he had directed his entire administration to put every resource possible behind this effort.
00:45The new order comes just a day after the Trump administration directed immigration officials to largely pause rates on farms, hotels, restaurants and meatpacking plants.
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