President Donald Trump issued a new social media proclamation Sunday night directing federal officials to prioritize deportations from New York and other Democrat-run cities, a move that comes after large protests erupted across the country in response to his administration’s immigration enforcement policies.

President Donald Trump directed federal officials to expand efforts to deport migrants in the largest US cities in the face of protests and court challenges, even as his administration is looking to ease the impact of the crackdown on key sectors of the American workforce.

President Trump announced plans to flood Democrat-run cities, namely New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, with new, larger waves of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to bring about the “single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.

President Trump is vowing to focus his immigration crackdown on so-called “crime ridden inner cities” like New York after he ordered an end to controversial workplace raids on farms,

Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched along Fifth Avenue in New York City on Saturday for a "No Kings" protest.

Thousands of people have gathered in cities across the US to join protests against President Donald Trump, hours ahead of his military parade in Washington DC. The demonstrations organised by a group called "No Kings" was billed as a nationwide day of defiance of his policies.