Illegal aliens in New York City — where President-elect Trump enjoyed historic gains in Tuesday’s election — took to the streets in defiance of his victory on Saturday.
Illegal aliens held up signs reading “we won’t back down” and “we’re not going back” as they marched through the Big Apple. “No to the anti-immigrant laws, no to deportations,” reads a sign held up by illegal aliens from Ecuador and Peru.
NYC-There are currently illegal immigrants marching on the streets of New York holding a sign that reads “No to the anti-immigrant laws, no to deportations”
— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) November 9, 2024
They shared they are from Ecuador and Peru. pic.twitter.com/8MAH3CMtSw
🚨 Just in: Thousands march through Manhattan, New York, protesting Donald Trump's presidential election, chanting that he is "racist, sexist, and anti-LGBT." pic.twitter.com/GS5ANp9zqG
— OSINT observer (@dopaminedealers) November 9, 2024
Keeping in line with his campaign promise to deport every illegal alien in the country — a total that ballooned to 15 million after multiple record-setting years of illegal immigration under the Biden Administration — the president-elect’s transition team is already drawing up plans for mass deportations.
On day one, Trump plans to reinstate a number of immigration executive orders that were rescinded by President Biden on his first day in January 2021. Among the orders planned by Trump is the reintroduction of the popular Remain in Mexico policy, which required asylum seekers to wait outside the country while their asylum claims are processed.
The Biden Administration has instead opted for a catch and release policy, under which illegal aliens are released and oftentimes transported to locations of their choosing within the U.S. interior.
As for deportations, people familiar with the Trump transition team’s efforts told the Wall Street Journal that illegal aliens who have already received deportation orders or been convicted of a crime will be processed first. The president-elect will reverse a Biden era directive to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that instructed agents not to target illegal aliens for deportation. Trump will also take steps aimed at speeding up the process.
“Trump’s allies have said they are planning first to focus on immigrants in the country illegally who have received final orders of deportation from an immigration court, of which there are about 1.3 million, as well as those with other criminal convictions or charges,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
Trump’s allies noted that deportation plans are still in development. “The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin, giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail. He will deliver,” said Trump Campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.
In addition to drawing up plans for which illegal aliens are to be deported first, Trump will also declare a national emergency due to the border crisis on day one. This, in theory, will allow the administration to free up funds for border wall construction.
