Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested 308 migrants illegally living in the country Tuesday following President Trump’s first full day in office.
“Today, ICE made 308 arrests of illegal aliens in our nation’s interior—even with the frigid temperatures,” Britt wrote in a post on the social platform X.
“These arrests were nationwide in every area of interest and included several murderers, rapists, sex offenders and kidnappers,” she added.
After returning to the White House on Monday, Trump signed a flurry of executive orders that would restrict immigration and tighten security at the border.
Britt lauded the detainments as a sign of Trump’s dedication to carrying out the largest deportation in the country’s history, which he regularly promised on the campaign trail.
The lawmaker also said ICE officials ordered immigrants in the country illegally and serving time in jail to be released into ICE’s custody.
“ICE also went to jails and ordered almost 300 additional aliens to be released to ICE custody rather than our nation’s streets,” she wrote in the post. “Common sense is back.”
Advocacy organizations and some Democrats are outraged over the Republican-led effort and fought back on Trump’s Day 1 immigration orders, including his demand to end birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants lacking legal status.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the commander in chief, citing clashes with the Constitution. Twenty-two attorneys general in Democratic states also sued Trump over the order.
The Hill has reached out to ICE for comment on the arrests.
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On January 21, 2017, just one day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted a massive operation resulting in the arrest of over 300 undocumented migrants.
The raids, which took place in cities across the country, targeted individuals who had been ordered to leave the country but had not complied with the deportation orders. The Trump administration had made it clear that cracking down on illegal immigration would be a top priority, and these arrests were seen as a direct response to that commitment.
Critics of the operation argued that it was unnecessarily harsh and that many of the individuals targeted were hard-working members of their communities who posed no threat to public safety. Protests erupted in response to the raids, with advocates calling for a more compassionate approach to immigration enforcement.
The arrests served as a stark reminder of the heightened enforcement measures that would be taken under the new administration, setting the tone for the contentious immigration policies that would define much of Trump’s presidency.
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