Of the illegal immigrants deported so far under the Trump administration—97 percent of them were under a removal order from the Biden administration, said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Jan. 31.
Since President Donald Trump took office, there have been at least 5,537 arrests of those in the United States illegally, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Addressing reporters, Leavitt provided background on some of those who have been arrested by ICE.
In Chicago, the agency apprehended on Jan. 27 a Guatemalan convicted of the solicitation of a minor.
The following day, ICE arrested a South Korean in Atlanta who was “convicted of nine counts of possession or control of material depicting minors in sexually explicit conduct,” said Leavitt….