"Increase ICE Arrests and Deportations": Trump Orders Crackdown in Major U.S. Cities

Truth Social Post on the 15th
"Do Everything Possible to Achieve the Historic Goal"
Mentions LA, Chicago, and New York

US President Donald Trump wearing a white MAGA hat. Photo by AP

While "No Kings" protests are taking place across the United States, President Donald Trump has ordered increased immigration enforcement not only in Los Angeles (LA) but also in other major cities such as Chicago and New York, according to an announcement on the 15th (local time).

According to Fox News and Bloomberg, President Trump stated on the social media platform Truth Social that "ICE agents have been ordered to do everything possible to achieve the historic goal of the largest deportation program ever."

He added, "To achieve this, we must further expand arrest and deportation operations in major U.S. cities such as LA, Chicago, and New York, where millions of undocumented immigrants reside."

Currently, President Trump is in Canada to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit, which begins on the 15th.

Meanwhile, tensions surrounding mass deportations of immigrants have been escalating for days in LA and other cities. In LA, protests that began on the 6th after an ICE raid have intensified following the decision to deploy approximately 4,700 soldiers. The deployment of active-duty troops proceeded despite opposition from California Governor Gavin Newsom. On the 14th, "No Kings" protests calling for President Trump's resignation were held simultaneously at more than 2,000 locations nationwide, including Bryant Park in Manhattan, New York.

However, Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration is also seeking measures to mitigate the impact of these tough actions on key sectors of the U.S. workforce.

In the market, there are projections that the Trump administration's hardline immigration policies could result in net emigration for the first time in about 50 years this year. According to The Washington Post, Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson, economists at the center-left Brookings Institution, and Stan Veuger, a researcher at the conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI), jointly found that President Trump's immigration policies are expected to drive this net outflow of immigrants.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, since March, the foreign-born labor force has already declined by more than one million. This contrasts with 2024, when the proportion of foreign-born workers in the U.S. labor force reached an all-time high due to a surge in immigration. Such a decrease is expected to impact industries that rely on immigrant labor, including agriculture, construction, and hospitality.