Mass deportation roundups could start 'fairly soon,' Trump says

Donald Trump.
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President Trump on Friday said that mass deportation roundups of undocumented immigrants would begin "fairly soon."

Trump warned about forthcoming mass arrests on June 17 in a tweet. He eventually said he called them off five days later, delaying them for two weeks to see if Democrats and Republicans could reach a solution to the crisis at the southern border. It appears that the operation will now go forward, however.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.