Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump's executive orders, promising the largest deportation effort in U.S. history, have triggered anxiety among undocumented immigrants and their families in California. Many are preparing for the worst, considering staying indoors, limiting travel, and withdrawing children from school. The orders include halting illegal entry, returning criminal aliens, reinstating the 'Remain in Mexico' policy, and deploying troops to the southern border. California Attorney General Rob Bonta has challenged the orders in federal court, arguing that they violate fundamental rights.
If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.Undocumented immigrants and their California families braced for the worst — and many told CalMatters they would go underground — as newly sworn-in President Donald Trump began issuing executive orders to enable what he promises will be the most massive deportation in U.S. history.
In his inaugural speech, President Trump previewed a planned series of executive orders that he began rolling out later in the day. By Monday evening, he officially declared a“All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came,” Trump continued in his inaugural address.
Bonta and the other attorneys general are asking the court for an immediate injunction to stop the order from taking effect on Feb. 19 while they litigate the case. Bonta acknowledged that the case could end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. In the Home Depot parking lot in Imperial Beach, day laborers gathered as they usually do, seeking odd jobs helping San Diegans move or clean up their lawns. They said they cross the border every day from their homes in Tijuana and didn’t expect Trump’s executive orders would heavily affect them. Still, several planned to carry documents proving they are naturalized U.S. citizens everywhere they go.
Public support for deportation was even stronger in certain circumstances: 87% of those surveyed backed deporting those who are “here illegally and have criminal records,” and 63% backed removing those who are “here illegally and arrived over the last four years.” The returning president has long derided California for declaring itself a “sanctuary state” for undocumented immigrants – a move the Democratic-controlled Legislature made during his first term — but the reality is more nuanced.
In another case among the exhaustive list of California legal challenges to the first Trump administration, the University of California in 2020that preserved the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. The program’s purpose: to shield from deportation immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children.
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