CITIZENS COMPASS – President Donald Trump of the United States of America (USA) has directed deportation of 538 “illegal immigrant criminals” from the country.
The directive saw Hundreds of immigrants facing arrests and deportation on Thursday.
The operation was in fulfillment of President Donald Trump’s election vow on deportations.
The deportation of illegal immigrants labeled by administration officials as criminals is being carried out by military flights. At least three flights with over one thousand illegals have been executed.
The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, confirmed the development on Thursday, in a post on X which reads, “The Trump Administration arrested 538 illegal immigrant criminals including a suspected terrorist, four members of the Tren de Aragua gang, and several illegals convicted of sex crimes against minors.”
NBC reports that Tren de Aragua is a violent gang that started in Venezuela and has now started to spread into the U.S. It became something of a flashpoint during the presidential campaign.
Among the 538 arrests were 373 people with criminal records and 165 people without criminal records aside from immigration violations, according to documentation provided by a senior administration official to NBC. Another 1,041 people were removed or repatriated, according to those records.
Arrests included a 23-year-old Ecuadorian citizen convicted of rape. He was arrested in Buffalo. Another arrest in Buffalo was that of a man from the Dominican Republic who was previously convicted of continuous sexual conduct against a child. In San Francisco, ICE arrested a man convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child aged 14 or younger, and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Meanwhile, a defense official said there had been two flights overnight involved in the deportation of illegal immigrants. Both went to Guatemala, according to two sources. A Guatemalan migration official said three flights have arrived: A flight from El Paso, with 80 people, arrived early Friday morning. Another flight from Tucson, which also carried 80 people, arrived at around 7 a.m., and a third flight from El Paso with around 105 people arrived Friday afternoon.
“The Trump Administration also deported hundreds of illegal immigrant criminals via military aircraft. The largest massive deportation operation in history is well underway.”
