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A photo showing immigrants getting off a bus was circulated with the claim that President-elect Donald Trump has already begun his crackdown on migrants. Here is the truth.
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India Today Fact Check
This image dates back to September 2022, when immigrants were sent from Texas to Chicago by the state’s Republican governor.
Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 elections has led to widespread concerns about a stricter immigration policy in the US, with many undocumented immigrants fearing their future in the country. Amidst this, an image allegedly showing immigrants stepping off a bus was widely shared. Those sharing it claimed Trump's crackdown on immigrants had already begun.
One such post read, "REPORT: Buses are stopping at NYC shelters multiple times per day picking up migrants and driving them to Canada, in advance of the Trump migration crackdown. We are not prepared for what’s coming."
India Today Fact Check found that the photograph is more than two years old and from Chicago. Also, no drastic crackdown on immigrants has been reported yet.
OUR PROBE
Although Trump is currently President-elect, he will officially assume office as President of the United States on January 20, 2025, the day he will be sworn in. He can only implement decisions or policies of the new administration once he takes office. Therefore, he can’t crack down on immigration right now.
Reverse-searching the image led to an article in Block Club Chicago, dated December 7, 2022. The photograph, taken at Chicago Union Station on September 7, shows migrants boarding shuttles after disembarking from a bus sent from Texas.
According to the report, thousands of immigrants were sent to Chicago from Texas as part of a "political stunt" by Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott. Chicago, under Democratic Governor JB Pritzker, had little choice but to accommodate the arriving migrants.
ABBOTT'S STUNT
In 2022, Texas Governor Greg Abbott reportedly began sending migrants to Democrat-controlled cities like New York and Chicago. Over the next two years, Texas sent more than 100,000 migrants to other cities at a staggering cost of $148 million.
On the other hand, Trump has already made his intentions clear, with reports suggesting that Stephen Miller, an immigration hardliner and advisor to Trump, will be taking over policy planning for the deportation of immigrants and is expected to be the deputy chief of staff in the Trump administration.
Thus, it's clear that this photo is not related to Trump’s election victory at all.
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