Trump orders ICE to hit Democrat-run cities in expanded deportation blitz

President Trump has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to "expand efforts to detain and deport" undocumented immigrants in Democratic-run cities.The big picture: Trump's targeting of Democrat-run cities comes as California's Democratic leaders challenge him in the courts over his deployment of the state National Guard and U.S. Marines to ICE protests in Los Angeles — one of the cities he singled out in Sunday's Truth Social post.It builds on the president's April order directing federal agencies to document "sanctuary cities" that are not complying with his immigration agenda, when the White House said those that failed to do so "may lose federal funding" — prompting a coalition of 20 Democratic attorneys general to file lawsuits against the administration.Driving the news: Trump wrote he's ordering ICE officers via Truth Social to "do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History."To achieve this, Trump wrote "we must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America's largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside."He added that these and other cities were the "core of the Democrat Power Center" as he echoed baseless claims he made during the 2024 presidential election about Democrats using undocumented immigrants to "cheat in Elections," among other allegations that he did not provide evidence on.State of play: Top Trump aide Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanded late last month that ICE seek to arrest 3,000 people a day — triple what agents were arresting in the early days of the second administration.However, Trump acknowledged Thursday that his "very aggressive" immigration policies were ripping long-time workers from the farming and hospitality industries and moved to halt ICE raids on those working at hotels, farms, meatpacking plants and restaurants.Representatives for the cities of NYC, Chicago and LA did not immediately respond to Axios' requests for comment on Sunday evening.Editor's note: This a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

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