How Trump’s plan to deport millions is playing out | Start Here

President Trump has promised the “largest deportation operation in American history”, targeting millions of undocumented immigrants. Trump’s tough stance on immigration helped to get him elected, but the way he’s going about his immigration crackdown is causing alarm among many people and has led to violent protests in LA. #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains what’s going on. Chapters: 01:40 - How many undocumented migrants are there in the US? 02:28 - Deportations are nothing new 02:55 - The deportation process 03:05 - How the Trump administration is increasing arrests of undocumented immigrants 05:13 - Detention of immigrants 05:55 - The legal process and how Trump is trying to shortcut it 06:50 - The 3.6 million backlog in immigration cases 07:43 - Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act 08:14 - Deporting Venezuelans to El Salvador 09:50 - The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia 11:27 - How Trump is widening the pool of people eligible for deportation 12:33 - How many people have actually been deported? 13:35 - What’s been happening with the protests in Los Angeles 15:22 - What do Americans think about deportations? 16:01 - How Trump is targeting foreign students 16:44 - The atmosphere of fear that Trump’s immigration crackdown is creating This episode features: Nayna Gupta | Policy Director, American Immigration Council Kathleen Bush-Joseph | Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute David Cole | Professor in Law and Public Policy, Georgetown University Andrea Flores | Vice President of Immigration and Campaigns, FWD.us You can find all Start Here episodes here: https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe Al Jazeera so you don’t miss future episodes: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow Sandra Gathmann on Instagram and X: @SandraGathmann And let us know in the comments if there’s a topic you find confusing and would like Start Here to cover ⤵️ #US #UnitedStates #LosAngeles #California #LosAngelesProtests #LAProtests #LosAngelesRiot #LARiots #ICE #DHS #AbolishICE #DefendImmigrants #ImmigrantRights #DonaldTrump #GavinNewsom #AlJazeeraEnglish #AJStartHere