President Trump orders ICE to step up deportation efforts in Democrat-run cities

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President Trump orders ICE to step up deportation efforts in Democrat-run cities​


President Trump stops and talks to the media before he boards Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House on June 15, 2025 in Washington, DC.

President Trump at the White House on Sunday. Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

"President Trump has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to "expand efforts to detain and deport" undocumented immigrants in Democratic-run cities.

The big picture: Trump's order comes as California's Democratic leaders challenge him in the courts over his deployment of the state National Guard and U.S. Marines to ICE protests in Los Angeles — one of the cities he singled out in Sunday's Truth Social post.

  • It builds on the president's April order directing federal agencies to document "sanctuary cities" that are not complying with his immigration agenda, when the White House said those that failed to do so "may lose federal funding" — prompting a coalition of 20 Democratic attorneys general to file lawsuits against the administration.
Driving the news: Trump wrote via Truth Social he's ordering ICE officers to "do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History."

  • To achieve this, Trump wrote "we must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America's largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside."
  • He added that these and other cities were the "core of the Democrat Power Center" as he echoed baseless claims he made during the 2024 presidential election about Democrats using undocumented immigrants to "cheat in Elections," among other allegations that he did not provide evidence on.
What they're saying: When asked for comment on Trump's order, representatives for LA Mayor Karen Bass (D) pointed to comments she made on MSNBC before the announcement criticizing the administration for ICE raids for "creating a sense of fear" among major sectors of the city's economy.

  • "You really could destabilize the economy of Los Angeles," she said.
  • Her office did not immediately respond to Axios' follow-up request on Sunday evening to comment specifically on Trump's new order.
  • Representatives for the mayors offices of NYC and Chicago did not immediately respond to Axios' requests for comment on Sunday evening.
State of play: Top Trump aide Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanded late last month that ICE seek to arrest 3,000 people a day — triple what agents were arresting in the early days of the second administration..."

 
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