November 20, 2024
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Trump says ready to use military for mass deportation 

Throughout his campaign, Trump had pledged to mobilize the National Guard to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with deportations….reports Asian Lite News

President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed his intention to use the U.S. military to carry out mass deportations of undocumented migrants. 

On Monday, Trump posted “TRUE!!!” in response to a conservative commentator’s claim that he would declare a national emergency and use military resources for the deportation program. 

Throughout his campaign, Trump had pledged to mobilize the National Guard to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with deportations. 

As his inauguration date of January 20, 2025, approaches, Trump’s comments have raised concerns about how he plans to carry out what would be the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. 

Despite his repeated claims of starting deportations on his first day in office, experts have questioned the feasibility of such a plan. 

ICE, with its 20,000 agents and support personnel, would face significant logistical challenges in locating and removing millions of undocumented migrants. 

Additionally, the financial burden of such an operation would be considerable. However, Trump has stated that cost would not prevent his administration from moving forward with the deportation efforts. 

Trump recently named Tom Homan as his ‘Border Czar’ to oversee the deportation of illegal migrants and securing the borders.  

Homan, 62, an advocate of “zero tolerance” for illegal migration served as the Acting Director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency for a year-and-a-half during Trump’s earlier stint and left before being confirmed to the post by the Senate. 

He started as a border agent and rose through the ranks. 

In an interview with the Fox News, Homan said that he was going to prioritise deporting the illegal migrants who are “public security and national security threats”, and those already ordered by judges to be deported. 

Another priority, he said would be finding the 300,000 children who came in unaccompanied by adults and President Joe Biden’s administration lost track of. 

Many of them ended up as victims of forced labour and child sex trafficking, he said. 

Homan told Fox News earlier this week that he plans to visit Trump’s Florida home this week to finalize the details of the mass deportation plan, including determining the role of the U.S. Department of Defence (DOD). 

He suggested that the DOD could play a significant part in easing the burden on immigration agencies, noting that the speed of deportations will depend on the resources allocated to the effort. 

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