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Just days into President Donald Trump’s second term, US officials have deported hundreds of illegal migrants and arrested 538 others, his press secretary announced late Thursday.

“The Trump Administration arrested 538 illegal immigrant criminals,” Karoline Leavitt said in a post on social platform X, adding “hundreds” were deported by military aircraft.

“The largest massive deportation operation in history is well underway. Promises made. Promises kept,” she said.

Trump started his second term with a slew of executive measures aimed at reforming access to the United States, having pledged throughout the election campaign to crack down on illegal immigration.

He has vowed to expel “criminal aliens,” signed orders establishing a “national emergency” at the southern border, and authorised the deployment of more troops to the region.

Ras J. Baraka, the mayor of Newark City, stated in a statement early on Thursday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents “raided a local establishment… detaining undocumented residents as well as citizens, without producing a warrant”.

A bill to increase pretrial detention for foreign criminal suspects was approved earlier this week by the Republican-controlled US Congress.

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