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00:00President-elect Donald Trump marked his return to power on Saturday night
00:04with a fireworks showcase at his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia.
00:09Trump had arrived in Washington earlier to celebrate with family,
00:12supporters and political allies ahead of his second inauguration, a triumphant return for
00:18the Republican, four years since he departed after his supporters attacked the Capitol.
00:23Earlier on Saturday, immigrants and their advocates staged protests,
00:27as the administration's plans to detain and deport unauthorized immigrants are set to begin
00:32on the first full day of Trump's new administration. Trump's so-called border czar, Tom Homan,
00:39said the large-scale deportation efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
00:44have been mischaracterized as raids, adding that he preferred the term
00:48targeted enforcement operations.
00:51When ICE goes out, they're going to know exactly who they're looking for and pretty
00:55much where they'll find them. I'm sure we'll be sued, but bring it.
00:59They're not going to stop us. They're not going to bully us from doing this job.
01:04Information about the operations was leaked to the media this week,
01:08including that Chicago was set to be a main target. Because of that, Homan said the
01:13administration is reconsidering where it will focus its deportation sweeps.
01:18Trump also promised mass deportations ahead of his first presidential term back in 2017,
01:24though he ended up removing about half the number of immigrants that his predecessor,
01:28Barack Obama, did during his first four years.