Trump 2nd term: ICE arrests 956 undocumented immigrants on Sunday

ICE conducted "enhanced targeted operations," in certain cities like Chicago.

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Last updated: Monday, January 27, 2025 10:51AM GMT
ICE says 'targeted operations' are underway in Chicago
Amid fears of mass deportations and immigration raids in Chicago, ICE says it has begun targeted operations in the area.

President Donald Trump took a victory lap at a Las Vegas casino on Saturday after a five days of issuing executive orders on immigration, the economy, DEI and more.

Trump late Friday night stirred up outrage when he blindsided at least 17 inspectors general at multiple federal agencies by firing them in an email from the White House personnel office.

Meanwhile, two more of Trump's picks for his Cabinet -- Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense and Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security -- were sworn in to office on Saturday.

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White House says Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after Trump tariff showdown

The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.S. partner.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a late Sunday statement that the "Government of Colombia has agreed to all of President Trump's terms, including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States, including on U.S. military aircraft, without limitation or delay."

Leavitt said the tariff orders - which would have put in place 25% tariffs on all Colombian incoming goods, and then raised to 50% in one week - will be "held in reserve, and not signed." But Leavitt said Trump would maintain visa restrictions on Colombian officials and enhanced customs inspections of goods from the country, "until the first planeload of Colombian deportees is successfully returned."

There was no immediate reaction from the Colombian government.

12:52 AM GMT

Trump boasts getting rid of 'woke crap'

Trump boasted his executive orders ending Diversity, Equity and Inclusion requirements within the federal government claiming he "got rid of the woke crap."

The president claimed that no companies wanted to impose those policies.

"I don't think they believed it," he claimed.

12:52 AM GMT

Trump talks with UK's Starmer

Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom talked Sunday about the release of Israeli-British national Emily Damari from Hamas and how to promote a "fair bilateral economic relationship" between the two countries, according to the White House.

A Downing Street spokesperson said Starmer paid tribute to Trump's role in securing the ceasefire and hostages deal in Gaza and "They also discussed trade and the economy, with the Prime Minister setting out how we are deregulating to boost growth.

"President Trump opened by sending his condolences to the Prime Minister on the loss of his brother. The Prime Minister thanked President Trump for his kind words and congratulated him on his inauguration," the spokesperson said.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie and Rashid Haddou

12:52 AM GMT

Rubio says Belarus released American

In a post on X thus morning, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Belarus "just unilaterally released an innocent American, ANASTASSIA Nuhfer, who was taken under JOE BIDEN!"

Rubio credited Trump and Chris Welby Smith, the State Department's deputy assistant secretary for Eastern Europe, for the release.

Nuhfer was detained in early December 2024 and visited by a consular officer about three weeks ago, a State Department spokesperson said.

-ABC News' Shannon Kingston