In the first white house conference, spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt reiterated that “the US will no longer tolerate illegal immigration.” They also published photos and names of migrants accused of crimes that have already been arrested.
The new White House press team held on Tuesday the first press conference of the administration of President Donald Trump, in which spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt reiterated that the president “has sent a high and clear message to the entire world: USA It will not tolerate illegal immigration, and this president hopes that all the nations of this planet cooperate with repatriation of its citizens ”.
Leavitt referred to Conflict occurred with Colombia Last Sunday, when President Gustavo Petro refused to receive two deportation flights from the US, which led President Trump to order sanctions to the Colombian government. The impasse was “overcome”, according to the authorities, after Petro accepted the entry of the deportees to the country.
“The Colombian government accepted all the demands of President Trump, demonstrating that the United States is again respected on the world stage,” Leavitt added. “This means that peace through force has returned.”
On his first day in the presidency, Trump signed a dozen Executive orders related to immigration. Among them, the declaration of a national emergency on the southwest border and cancellation of Parole programs. In total, the president has issued more than 300 decrees also related to the economy and security.
“To foreign citizens who are thinking of trying illegally to the United States, think about it again. With this president, they will be arrested and deported every day, ”added the press secretary.
During the conference to the media, the spokeswoman made reference with names and photos to some of the irregular migrants accused of crimes that have already been arrested by the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE).
Among those mentioned were a citizen of Mexico who was undocumented in the United States and was convicted of sex A man from the Dominican Republic Rone fonest by murder.
“These are the atrocious individuals that this administration is eliminating from the American communities every day,” Leavitt said.
In the last 24 hours, according to ICE, about 969 arrests of irregular immigrants have been made.
Although initially the Trump administration had assured that it would prioritize the arrest and deportation of immigrants accused of crimes, Leavitt detailed under his determination that anyone who has irregularly entered the US “is a criminal.”
“If you are an individual, a foreign citizen, who enters the United States of America illegally, is by definition a criminal and, therefore, is subject to deportation,” he said.
Although under the government of Joe Biden there were also arrests and deportations, one of the significant changes is that with Trump, agents can now arrest people without residence permission if they run into them while looking for migrants under order of expulsion. Under Biden, those “collateral arrests” were prohibited.
National Security Secretary offers first speech
Kristi Noem, the New Secretary of the National Security Department of the United States (DHS), offered on Tuesday his first speech before employees of the agency responsible for managing the migratory policies implemented by the Trump administration.
“I am committed to comply And that we will leave this country for sure for our children and grandchildren in the distant future, ”said Noem.
The secretary, who was governor of the state of Dakota del Sur, reflected on her childhood and her career in state policy as tools to “fulfill” their work. In addition, she assured that she asked Trump to occupy the position because she sees her as “the greatest priority” to advance her mission.
Noem did not mention the migratory strategies already implemented by the Government, however, earlier on Tuesday accompanied ICE members in New York to a raid in which several irregular migrants were captured.
“(We are) taking out the garbage from the streets,” said the secretary in the middle of the operation.