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President-elect Trump’s new border czar is giving more clarity on exactly how the military will be used to aid in the mass deportations of illegal immigrants that the incoming administration has promised. Tom Homan, who served as the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Trump’s first term, debunked frenzied speculation from some liberals that the military could be deployed to arrest people on US streets — saying that service members would be used for “non-enforcement” duties. “They certainly can handle transportation, whether that’s ground transportation or air transportation… and certainly help building infrastructure,” he told The Post....

Transcript formatted by ChatGPT: The new cabinet is starting to take shape because overnight, while you were sleeping, he tapped Tom Homan to be his border czar. Rachel: Trump saying, "There is nobody better at policing or controlling our borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all the deportations of illegal aliens back to their country of origin." Brian: He worked to come up with the job description. Good for you, bad for us; we lose you as a contributor. What went into the decision and position? Tom Homan: I have been on this network for four years,...

“Mass Deportation Now!” declared the signs at the Republican National Convention, giving a full embrace to Donald Trump’s pledge to expel millions of migrants in the largest deportation program in American history. Some Republicans aren’t quite ready for that. Lauren B. Peña, a Republican activist from Texas, said that hearing Trump’s calls for mass deportations, as well as terms like “illegals” and “invasion” thrown around at the convention, made her feel uncomfortable. ... “He’s not meaning to go and deport every family that crosses the border, he means deport the criminals and the sex offenders,” Peña said. But Trump and...

Paul Sperry @paulsperry_ DEVELOPING: If Biden continues to do nothing to stop the migrant surge, it's estimated the total number of illegals allowed to remain in U.S by the Biden admin will reach 10 MILLION by next January when his admin ends.

The headlines are full of stories about illegal aliens: They’re raping children, murdering young women, crashing their cars into children, assaulting and murdering police officers…and the list goes on. However, we’re told that we’re stuck with them. Well, we’re not. In the 1950s, when there was political will—and a plea from Mexico to send its citizens home—we did mass deport illegal aliens. Like Pakistan deporting its illegal Afghan aliens, El Salvador jailing its gangs, or Argentina balancing its budget in nine weeks, it just requires political will.I made a lot of assertions about illegal aliens in my opening paragraph. Let...

In light of Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, it’s worth looking at the facts—how many illegal immigrants are there, and what do they cost America? This article focuses specifically on California, which is home an estimated 27% of America’s illegal aliens. Illegal Immigrants Cost California $30.29 Billion A Year Illegal immigrants and their children cost California at least $30.29 billion a year in net costs—$7,352 per alien. For context: given that California’s state budget is $171 billion, this means that illegal immigration would cost 17.7% of this spending (although much of the costs are absorbed locally). At this point,...

A congressman who introduced legislation earlier this year to nix birthright citizenship praised Donald Trump’s immigration strategy as a “very, very positive document.” “It’s bold, it’s strong, it’s broad. It covers most of the things you want to cover,” Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) told CNN today. King said his birthright citizenship legislation, should it pass, “will be litigated, there isn’t any doubt about it.” The bill has 27 co-sponsors and is sitting in committee. “I think it is constitutionally sound to pass legislation and end birthright citizenship. There aren’t many countries in the world that have that policy,” he added....

(ANSA) - Rome, August 8 - Mass deportations of irregular migrants are acceptable under certain conditions, Italy's highest appeals court said here on Monday . The Court of Cassation ruled that Italian authorities could expel large groups of foreigners for identical reasons so long as each case had been given individual consideration . The decision overturned a ruling by a Milan tribunal, which found the group deportation of 15 Roma migrants not holding residency permits to be in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights . Protocol 4, Article 4 of the convention prohibits the "collective expulsion of aliens"...