US President Donald Trump has suspended his announced mass deportation of migrants without a residence permit shortly before their planned start. At the request of the opposition Democrats, he postponed the start by two weeks, the Republican wrote yesterday on Twitter.
During this time, Democrats and Republicans should work together to „work out a solution to the asylum and loophole problems at the southern border. If not, start the deportions! “
Earlier, Trump told journalists in the White House, „The people who came illegally into the country are being removed from the country.“ The police operations would begin „over the next week, maybe a little earlier.“ US media reported that the stakes should have started on Sunday.
Pelosi welcomes decision
The House MP, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, welcomed the move. Time is needed for a comprehensive reform, she wrote after Trump’s announcement on Twitter.
The broadcaster Fox News had reported that the stakes should have been directed initially against 2000 families whose expulsion would have courts. Affected would have been ten cities, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami. Trump had announced on Twitter on Monday that the police and customs authority ICE would soon start identifying „the millions of illegal aliens“ who had come to the US illegally.
Around eleven million people without a residence permit
There are an estimated 11 million people living in the United States without residence papers, most of them Indo-Latin American Latin Americans. Under Trump, the authorities are increasingly against them. The Republican has repeatedly put pressure on Mexico to stop refugees from southern Central American states before they reach the US border.
Thousands flee from countries such as Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, including the rampant gang violence. Trump had forced Mexico into an agreement under threat of punitive tariffs, in which it pledged to step up its action against migrants. Trump thanked Mexico on Saturday and said, „So far they are really sticking to the agreement.“
Trump denies rape allegations
Meanwhile, Trump denied the allegations that he raped a woman 23 years ago in a locker room at the New York luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman. „I have never met this person in my life,“ said a statement by Trump, which was distributed by the White House yesterday. „She’s trying to sell a new book – that should indicate her motivation. It should be sold in the department of fiction. “
There are no surveillance videos or images, there are no statements from sellers who would have been there at the time, Trump argued. „I thank Bergdorf Goodman for confirming that they have no video footage of such an incident because it never happened,“ the statement goes on. „This is a totally false accusation,“ Trump affirmed before media. „I have no idea who this woman is.“ He added, „It’s an absolute shame she can do that.“
Trump repeatedly accused of sexual violence
The author E. Jean Carroll made in a contribution to the „New York Magazine“ serious allegations against Trump and described the alleged events in detail. Trump replied, among other things, „False accusations undermine the severity of a real attack.“ Trump urged everyone to report any possible findings of involvement of his political opponent, the US Democrats, in the allegations.
Trump had repeatedly been accused of being outraged by women. A whole range of cases are pending in US courts – but so far without consequences for the President. Global headline was made by former porn actress Stephanie Clifford (Stormy Daniels), who, according to her, had an affair with Trump. Trump is said to have paid her and another lover in the election campaign 2016 Silent Money.
