Posted on 02/11/2024 7:09:53 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The finer details behind Donald Trump's plan to deport millions of illegal immigrants are starting to emerge.
In a report published Sunday evening, Axios outlined how Trump plans to use the power of the state to forcibly deport millions of people with no legal right to be in the United States.
The outlet noted:
Donald Trump's plan to crack down on immigration includes using a range of tools to deport millions of people in the U.S. each year — from obscure laws to military funds to law enforcement officers from all levels of government.
History tells us such an effort would dramatically disrupt local communities and economies across the U.S. — and sow fear among the millions of people without legal status.
A source told Axios that Trump plans on realizing this by mobilizing numerous agencies, including ICE, FBI, DEA, federal prosecutors, the National Guard, and state law enforcement:
Fast-track deportations — now reserved for recent crossers encountered near the border — would be expanded to apply to anyone who illegally crossed the border and couldn't prove they'd been living in the U.S. for more than two years.
Trump would curtail the usual multistep deportation process by using an obscure section of the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts to immediately round up and deport some migrants with criminal histories. The military would build massive sites near the border to hold people awaiting deportation.
Among Trump's other targets will reportedly include sponsors of unaccompanied minors who crossed the border without their parents:
The government releases migrant children to these sponsors, who typically are the children's relatives — some without legal status. Hundreds of thousands of people also have been admitted into the U.S. under Biden's use of "parole," a program guaranteeing protection for two years. Trump's plan could target those with expiring protection for quick deportation.
It is currently unclear how much Trump's plan would cost. However, it would not be the first time that the U.S. has carried out such a policy. Under the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower, U.S. authorities deported over one million undocumented Mexican immigrants in what was known as Operation Wetback.
The plan will inevitably be met with far greater opposition than 70 years ago, with employers, community leaders and some religious institutions expected to push back and stifle the efforts of law enforcement.
Last November, The New York Times published a similar report explaining how Trump planned to construct camps to help speed up the deportation process:
To help speed mass deportations, Mr. Trump is preparing an enormous expansion of a form of removal that does not require due process hearings. To help Immigration and Customs Enforcement carry out sweeping raids, he plans to reassign other federal agents and deputize local police officers and National Guard soldiers voluntarily contributed by Republican-run states.
To ease the strain on ICE detention facilities, Mr. Trump wants to build huge camps to detain people while their cases are processed and they await deportation flights. And to get around any refusal by Congress to appropriate the necessary funds, Mr. Trump would redirect money in the military budget, as he did in his first term to spend more on a border wall than Congress had authorized.
While such plans are undoubtedly more authoritarian in nature, many will consider them a necessary evil in order to restore a sense of credibility and fairness to America's immigration system. The policy would also help save the billions of dollars spent by both local and federal governments on accommodating illegal aliens every year.
According to some estimates more than 10 million illegal immigrants have entered the country illegally since Joe Biden took office in 2021, many of whom have criminal records and links to organized crime.
“those illegals are so entrenched that it will be damn near impossible to get rid of them”
We need to ‘wall off’ our money by real property and middle class income tax caps in the state and federal constitutions.
The battle for these caps will gain Republicans votes.
Fighting against such caps will cost Democrats votes.
Property taxes are so high in Northeastern states that lots of Democrats fear getting taxed out of their homes.
Exactly. Trump right is +7 in RCP aggregate.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/nevada/trump-vs-biden
They will all SELF DEPORT if you stop giving the freebies, and make it illegal for them to work and live in the US or illegal for anyone to hire an illegal. That is what E verify was for.
I say round up the parents of all of the anchor babies and all of the DACA recipients and start deporting.
Or suck off the government teat. We provide benefits to those here illegally.
Any means possible and I have no mercy for these charges on our soil....your young need to right your own land with your guidance WE Americans have enough to deal with the traitors and Godless thieves let alone carry your asses.
Disruptive, as if they aren’t the top disruption in our
nation’s history excluding periods of war.
I do consider this an invasion, so it is war-like > IMO.
These people are being delivered here by a network of
international interests.
Swing state? Not likely, Republicans haven’t been winning here. And Trump’s behavior, much like the insults too often used here on FR make him toxic. He will get a sizable vote but will lose. It didn’t help that the party played games with the primary and caucus,
So, they just might become scared enough to self deport? Cool! That’s a bonus!
C’mon, this is obvious. This is an attempt to shore up the illegal support for any illegal voters who were contemplating voting for Trump.
This sounds like a never-Trumper article. Until recently, with Colorado and New York running out of money, due to illegals, and Illinois voters outraged that illegals are getting funding, that is supposed to go to voters. This will increase Trump’s winning vote by 10%.
“Lock her up” was a campaign pledge until Trump ended up hosting and toasting her and her husband at his inaugural luncheon.
More biased reporting from the AXIS Of EVIL news organization.
Someone will have to explain to me exactly what is wrong with that ...
“’Lock her up’ was a campaign pledge”
It wasn’t. It was a chant at rallies by attendees. It wasn’t a pledge by Trump. (It should’ve been.)
“I didn’t know NeverTrumpers were against deporting illegals.”
They need someone to mow their lawns.
I’m guessing he’s going to dust off the 50’s era Operation Wetback and pump it up on steroids?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wetback
Can’t happen soon enough. Oh and charge Mayorkas and biden (and all those who helped them) with treason. Never before has there been such a clear cut case.
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