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Trump administration plans mass immigrant arrests next week: incoming official

Workers prepare the U.S. Capitol rotunda for President-elect Donald Trump's 2nd term inauguration January 17, 2025 in Washington, DC.[AFP]

US immigration authorities will carry out mass arrests of undocumented immigrants across the country on Tuesday, a top border official in the incoming administration of Donald Trump has said.

The move would be among the first by Republican Trump, who returns to the White House on Monday, to uphold a campaign pledge to deport millions of undocumented immigrants from the United States.

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