Tom Homan, the new “border czar” responsible for immigration in the USA
Undocumented migrants will be detained in new detention centers. Trump may declare a national emergency to unlock resources and implement what he promised: the largest deportation in US history.
The new Trump administration’s plans to implement ruthless border measures, overturn Biden administration policies and begin large-scale detention and deportation begin to be realizedsay four sources who had access to the plans.
One option is the expansion of so-called “county jails.” According to CNN, the exact location of these new detention centers, where migrants must await their deportationbut those responsible for Homeland Security have already identified several cities, in larger metropolitan areas, probably near the border with Mexico.
According to CNN, the new government’s plans also include the return from family detention, which has been widely criticized by Democrats, a practice that President Joe Biden has put an end to.
To implement these plans, money is needed. In the absence of additional funding from Congress, CNN sources point to “reprogramming agency funds to reinforce resources, as previous administrations did”.
But there is another plan being devised by Trump: trigger a potential national emergency declaration to unlock Pentagon resources.
According to the television channel, the Republican had already used this measure in the previous term, which led to problems with the law. Still, the sources cited guarantee that Trump plans to channel these funds into expanding detention capacity, adapting the statement.
According to CNN, during his first term, Trump deported more than 1.5 million people, according to Kathleen Bush-Josephpolicy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute. However, remember, this number is only about half of the 2.9 million deportations that took place during Barack Obama’s first term.
These numbers do not, however, include the millions of people who are turned away at the border under a Covid-era policy enacted by Trump and used during most of Biden’s term, the expert recalls.
“In the first few days, we will see executive orders being issued to [de imigrantes] and have an impact on the flow that is arriving during that period. The immediate focus is on who is already here“, say CNN sources, quoted anonymously. “Those are the first two things prioritized in the first few days.”
the spokeswoman for the Trump-Vance transition, Caroline Leavitt, told CNN that “the American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin, giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made during the campaign. He will do it.”
