The White House announces that it has stopped 538 illegal migrants and have expelled “hundreds”

The United States arrested 538 illegal migrants and expelled “Hundreds” By army planes during a mass operation carried out in the wake of the inauguration of Donald Trump, announced the spokesperson for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, Thursday, January 24 in the evening.

These arrests of “Illegal criminal migrants” include “An alleged terrorist, four members of the Gang Tren of Aragua and several illegal immigrants condemned for sexual crimes committed on minors”she completed.

Friday, January 17, Tom Homan, former director of the Federal Immigration and Customs Control Agency (2017-2018) and now in charge of the borders, said that the administration would carry out massive arrests of illegal migrants throughout the country the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. “There will be actions throughout the country. Chicago is only one place among others ”he said on the American conservative channel Fox News. He reacted to information published by the Wall Street Journal and other American media.

Donald Trump had promised during his campaign to expel millions of undocumented migrants in what would be the largest operation of expulsion of illegal migrants in the history of the United States.

The number of illegal immigrants in the United States is estimated at around 12 million, and they largely contribute to the country's economy. According to official figures from the Federal Immigration and Customs Control Agency, in July 2024, nearly 425,000 undocumented people with a criminal conviction were identified, including 13,000 for homicide.

Each year, during his first mandate, Donald Trump made around 80,000 evictions, a figure fell to 35,000 sous Joe Biden.