President Trump on Friday said that mass deportation roundups of undocumented immigrants would begin "fairly soon."
Trump warned about forthcoming mass arrests on June 17 in a tweet. He eventually said he called them off five days later, delaying them for two weeks to see if Democrats and Republicans could reach a solution to the crisis at the southern border. It appears that the operation will now go forward, however.
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