Trump promised in a Sunday night Truth Social post to “expand efforts” to detain undocumented people in major cities rather than rural areas: “You don’t hear about Sanctuary Cities in our Heartland!”

Trump vowed throughout his campaign that he would conduct the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. The showdown with Los Angeles was inevitable.

President Trump said in a social media post on Thursday that he may exempt the agriculture and hotel industries from his nationwide immigration crackdown.