1.4 million illegal immigrants in US have been ordered deported, but have yet to be removed: official

There are astir 1.4 cardinal illegal immigrants successful the United States who person been ordered deported by national migration judges, Fox News has learned. 

Of those ordered to beryllium brought backmost to their location countries, astir 13,000 of them are being held successful custody by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE), a U.S. authoritative said. 

With lone a fewer 1000 successful custody, galore much are successful the U.S. illegally contempt orders to person them removed. Figures connected however galore are being held successful section oregon authorities custody were not available. 

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ICE and ERO officers detaining 1 of 216 amerciable immigrants who person been convicted of cause dealing oregon cause possession. Around 1.4 cardinal amerciable immigrants successful the United States person deportation orders against them, a U.S. authoritative said.  (Todd Packard, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) )

The 1.4 cardinal fig means that those ordered removed person had their immigration cases heard and decided. Some whitethorn inactive person entreaty options disposable to them, the authoritative said. 

The fig besides goes backmost galore years, crossed aggregate statesmanlike administrations, and changes, arsenic immoderate amerciable immigrants are ordered deported and others are removed from the country. 

President-elect Trump has promised to transportation retired wide deportations, initially focusing connected transgression amerciable immigrants, erstwhile helium takes bureau connected Jan. 20. Texas is offering the incoming medication a tract of much than 1,400 acres successful the Rio Grande Valley assemblage adjacent the borderline connected which to signifier its wide deportation operation.

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This record photograph shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. (Reuters)

In effect to Trump's promise, immoderate cities person vowed to support amerciable immigrants from specified raids and to not cooperate with national migration authorities. 

On Tuesday, Los Angeles metropolis leaders voted to formally adopt a sanctuary city ordinance successful effect to Trump. Minutes aft the ballot astatine City Hall, the Los Angeles Unified School District besides approved a ballot to go a sanctuary district, meaning territory employees are prohibited from voluntarily complying with migration authorities, including sharing accusation astir students' migration status.

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For years, ICE has repeatedly called retired sanctuary metropolis jurisdictions for not cooperating with migration authorities, peculiarly erstwhile amerciable migrant criminals reoffend oregon prosecute successful egregious crimes aft being released from section custody.