The president, undeterred by weekend protests, posted on social media that the U.S. ”must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities after large protests have erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against the Trump administration's immigration policies.

ICE "must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in ... Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York," he said.