A judge ordered Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino to deliver daily updates on how federal agents are complying with restrictions on tactics they use in their immigration crackdown around Chicago https://t.co/5R3k1h8u6z ...

I think that the point that I believe everyone needs to understand and is crucially important for us to make is the reason they're here is because the president of the United States uh and his allies are calling this city and Cook County and the surrounding areas uh essentially uh lawless. The situation is out of control. It requires the National Guard to put down um and protect not only the federal agents here um but widespread uh violence across this city.Uh that is not what I have seen in this city at al ...

Immigration Policy & Enforcement - The Trump administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a law not used since World War II, to deport 238 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, claiming they were terrorists and gang members [1][23] - Internal government documents revealed that 75% of the deported Venezuelans had no criminal records [13] - The Trump administration's mass deportation plan aimed to prioritize those with convictions and national security threats [10] - A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman stated that many deported individuals without criminal records were considered terrorists, human rights abusers, and gangsters [13] - The Trump administration paid El Salvador's government $6 million to house prisoners [30] - The Biden administration has carried out over 4 million expulsions and deportations, more than the Trump administration [74][113] Border Security & Illegal Immigration - The US-Canadian border is the longest international land border, stretching over 5,500 miles [36] - In the Swanton sector, illegal crossings increased to levels not seen in the previous 17 years, with over 19,000 migrants arrested from 97 countries [45] - Migrants pay smugglers approximately $3,000 each to cross the northern border [41] - The Sinaloa cartel is involved in human and drug smuggling operations across the northern border [38][40] - US Customs and Border Protection seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the northern border last year, compared to over 21,000 pounds at the US-Mexico border [43] - Last year, there were fewer than 24,000 illegal crossings from Canada, while the southern border saw 1.5 million illegal crossings [44] - Texas has committed over $11 billion to Operation Lonear, aimed at deterring illegal crossings [125] - US Customs and Border Protection recorded 2.5 million instances of detaining or turning away people attempting to cross into the US from Mexico last year [127] - Chinese migrants are the fastest-growing group attempting to cross the border illegally [128] - In 2022, the US granted only 160,000 temporary visas to Chinese nationals, a significant decrease from 2.2 million in 2016 [148] - Last year, US Customs and Border Protection reported 37,000 Chinese citizens were apprehended crossing illegally from Mexico into the US, 50 times more than 2 years earlier [134] Mass Deportation - A study by the American Immigration Council found that mass deportation could reduce the GDP by 1.7% trillion [71] - One estimate suggests it would cost $88 billion to deport a million people a year [87] - It costs $150 a night to detain people awaiting deportation, with an average stay of 46 days [83] - One deportation flight can cost $250,000 [83]