Official: Over 1.4 million illegal immigrants in the US have been ordered to be deported but have not been removed yet.
Trump has vowed to implement a large-scale expulsion initiative.
According to Planet Chronicle, approximately 1.4 million individuals in the United States have been deported by federal immigration judges.
Approximately 13,000 individuals who were instructed to return to their home countries are currently being detained by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE), according to a U.S. official.
Despite orders to remove them, many more people remain in the U.S. illegally, with only a few thousand currently in custody. No figures were available on how many are being held in local or state custody.
Officials stated that out of the 1.4 million individuals who had their immigration cases heard and decided, some may still have appeal options available to them.
Over the years, the number of illegal immigrants in the country has fluctuated, with some being deported and others removed.
The incoming administration will stage its mass deportation operation in a tract of more than 1,400 acres in the Rio Grande Valley sector near the border, as President-elect Trump has promised to focus on criminal illegal immigrants once he takes office on Jan. 20.
Some cities have pledged to resist Trump's promise and not collaborate with federal immigration authorities in safeguarding illegal immigrants from raids.
In response to Trump's immigration policies, Los Angeles city leaders passed a sanctuary city ordinance on Tuesday, and the Los Angeles Unified School District followed suit by becoming a sanctuary district, prohibiting district employees from voluntarily complying with immigration authorities.
ICE has consistently criticized sanctuary city jurisdictions for not collaborating with immigration authorities, particularly when illegal immigrant offenders reoffend or commit heinous crimes after being released from local custody.
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