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Trump’s plans for mass deportations could target 47,000 in Philadelphia: ‘No question it’s going to be ugly.’

Trump has provided few details, but pledged mass deportations to remove those who lack permission to be here – about 13 million people, roughly the population of Pennsylvania.

Blanca Pacheco, co-director of New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia, stands for a portrait in her office in Kensington on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. New Sanctuary Movement is an immigrant support group and actively resisting against President-elect Trump’s pledge to carry out deportations beginning on day one of his presidency.
Blanca Pacheco, co-director of New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia, stands for a portrait in her office in Kensington on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. New Sanctuary Movement is an immigrant support group and actively resisting against President-elect Trump’s pledge to carry out deportations beginning on day one of his presidency.Read moreAllie Ippolito / For The Inquirer