Arellano: Citizens finally get it no one's safe from Trump's deportation ambitions
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Arellano: Citizens finally get it  no one's safe from Trump's deportation ambitions
"Ever since Donald J. Trump descended from a gold escalator at his eponymous Manhattan tower in 2015, he has sworn that a scorched-earth campaign against illegal immigrants would make life safer for Americans and that citizens had nothing to worry about. Well. In 2025, Trump's campaign vow to target the worst of the worst was set aside in the name of not just going after all undocumented immigrants and limiting legal migration"
"Now, U.S. citizens Keith Porter Jr., shot at a Northridge apartment complex, and Renee Nicole Good, whose shooting sparked large protests in Minneapolis, are dead. ICE is about to storm American streets and neighborhoods with thousands of new recruits who received just eight weeks of training instead of what used to be five months. The Fourth Amendment bans the government from subjecting Americans to unreasonable searches and seizures yet we now have a vice president promising that they're forthcoming across the country."
"I think we're [going] to see those deportation numbers ramp up, JD Vance told Fox News' Jesse Watters, as we get more and more people online working for ICE going from door-to-door. He repeated his boast the following day during a news conference while adding that the killing of Good shot while trying to drive away from an agent who stood in front of her SUV during an immigration enforcement operation was justified,"
Donald J. Trump began promoting a scorched-earth approach to illegal immigration in 2015, linking harsh enforcement to public safety. In 2025 the policy broadened to target all undocumented immigrants, limit legal migration, and pursue remigration. Two U.S. citizens, Keith Porter Jr. and Renee Nicole Good, died during enforcement operations, provoking protests and controversy. ICE expanded street operations with thousands of recruits receiving eight weeks of training instead of five months. Political leaders publicly endorsed increased deportations and aggressive door-to-door enforcement. Critics warn the operations threaten Fourth Amendment protections and risk targeting legally present residents.
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