Trump Transition Considering D.C.-Area Showcase Immigration Raid in First Days of Administration

By American Renaissance | Created at 2025-01-10 22:12:13 | Updated at 2025-01-11 01:03:41 2 hours ago
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Posted on January 10, 2025

Julia Ainsley and Carol E. Lee, NBC, January 8, 2025

The incoming Trump administration is considering conducting a high-profile raid targeting undocumented immigrants in its initial days, according to three people familiar with the discussions. The raid could target immigrants allegedly living in the United States illegally at a workplace in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, the people said.

In meetings between the Trump transition team and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, the Trump team has repeatedly asked about resources and logistics immediately available to carry out workplace raids, the three people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak to the media about transition discussions, said.

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The people familiar with the discussions said some potential workplaces the new administration could target include businesses in the agriculture, construction, hospitality and health care industries.

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The transition officials’ discussions about workplace raids suggest the incoming administration is not simply focused on immigrants living in the United States with criminal histories {snip}

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Targeting the metropolitan Washington region close to Trump’s inauguration could have the kind of “shock and awe” effect the incoming administration has been hoping to deliver on one of Trump’s most central campaign promises. Trump vowed to carry out “the largest deportation operation in the history of the United States.”

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