Trump escalates his fight against sanctuary cities by signing three executive orders

The White House announced Monday that President Donald Trump signed three new executive orders tointensify his offensive against illegal immigration. One of them will target the sanctuary cities, another against truck drivers who don't speak English, and another will give authorities more teeth to fight criminals.

According to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the first executive order, which seeks to bring Democrats to heel on immigration issues, will instruct Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to "provide a list of sanctuary cities" in which local officials are not complying with this federal order or federal immigration laws.

"It's very simple: obey the law, respect the law, and do not obstruct federal immigration officials or law enforcement officers when they are simply trying to remove threats to public safety from our nation's communities," Leavitt insisted.

The new order would come just days after a federal judge ruled that a previous Trump presidential provision - which instructed Bondi and Noem to bar "sanctuary" jurisdictions from accessing federal funds - probably is unconstitutional.

That ruling represented a setback for the Trump Administration, which is waging intense legal battles to enforce presidential immigration provisions, facing multiple rulings against it, both for its policies of mass deportations and for its offensive against cities governed by Democratic authorities that refuse to cooperate with the federal government.

In addition to the order against sanctuary cities, President Trump signed a second executive order directing his administration toprovide all legal remedies to police officers accused of misconduct, as well as to review and seek to modify the restrictions that currently exist on law enforcement in the country, provide military equipment to local police forces, and apply all appropriate measures against those officials who "unlawfully prohibiting law enforcement officers from carrying out duties." Leavitt, speaking at a press conference with Border Czar Tom Homan, said the order will "unleash America’s law enforcement to pursue criminals."

Finally, the third order signed by Trump aims to enforce existing rules requiring each and every professional truck driver in the United States to be able to speak and write English. That order requires the Treasury Department to officially remove from circulation all drivers who cannot speak or read English. "Proficiency in English should be a non-negotiable safety requirement for professional drivers," this order states.

Leavitt's press conference came just a day after several federal agencies led by the DEA carried out a mega raid in a clandestine nightclub in Colorado Springs, where more than 100 illegal immigrants were arrested.

Authorities claimed thatthe venue was frequented by "terrorists" from the Tren de Aragua (TdA) and MS-13, two Latin American criminal gangs that were designated by the Trump Administration as terrorist groups.

The TdA, in particular, is a fast-growing criminal gang that has expanded its operations throughout the Western Hemisphere, even planting cells in the US. Recently, a new leak revealed that the FBI believes the Nicolás Maduro regime may be using members of the Tren de Aragua to destabilize public security in the U.S. and other South American countries such as Colombia, Chile or Peru.