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The U.S. president Donald Trump believes that the raids by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "have not gone far enough."
“No, I don't think they have gone far enough because we have been held back by the judges, the liberal judges appointed by (the Democratic former presidents) Biden and Obama,” he said in an interview this Sunday for the CBS program 60 Minutes.
The leader defended ICE's violent tactics "because you have to take people out" and "many are murderers," after watching a video that showed violent interventions by agents, including the use of tear gas in a residential area.
"We must start with a policy, and the policy must be: you entered the country illegally, you are going to leave," the president added.
The Republican estimates that there are still 25 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, which is why he refrains from declaring "mission accomplished."
In the interview, when asked about the deportation of essential workers and the economic impact it is starting to have in several states, Trump began by saying that many were "criminal gardeners," only to later assert that he needs "gardeners and farmers more than anyone."
This Sunday, it was also announced that ICE will launch asystem of artificial intelligence (AI) that will enable tracking and analyzing the activity of millions of users on social media, with the aim of identifying immigrants through their posts, images, and digital locations.
Thousands of immigrants have lost their jobs in the United States since President Donald Trump ended the humanitarian parole program, which provided legal work permits to citizens from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, directly impacting sectors that rely on foreign labor.
The decision has left individuals like María, a 48-year-old Nicaraguan who cleaned schools in Florida for $13 an hour, without any income or the ability to support her son.
Trump's immigration offensive, aimed at halting what he has termed an "invasion" at the southern border and protecting jobs for American citizens, is impacting both unskilled workers and highly specialized foreign professionals.
The impact is twofold: mass deportations and restrictions on legal immigration are reducing the flow of workers in key sectors just as the economy is facing a slowdown in hiring.
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