Decades of studies have shown that mass deportations hurt the American labor force instead of help them. So there's only one reason why Donald Trump keeps wanting to pursue them: terror.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States must expand efforts to deport people who are illegally in the country, including in cities such as Los Angeles, which has seen protests in opposition to immigration raids.

US President Donald Trump has ordered an expansion of the detention and deportation of migrants across the country as protests against his policies continue. In a post on Truth Social, Trump called on federal agencies to "do all in their power" to deliver "the single largest mass deportation programme in history",