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There is simply no safe way to detain a child,
If he is going to be making decisions, ... then he should come before this committee as well.”
Democratic Senator Andy Kim said The president will be in charge of the border.”
Pressed on Friday whether it would be Noem or Homan in charge of border policy, Noem said I obviously will be, if nominated and confirmed, and put into the position of being the Department of Homeland Security secretary and responsible for the authorities that we have in the actions that we take,
It’s a national security issue, and the president is in charge of this country and has made a promise to the American people, and we will fulfill his agenda,
I'll be looking at J6 early on, maybe the first nine minutes."
In an interview with Time magazine, published last month, Trump said On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States."
Trump posted on social media after the election They voted for Trump because they don't want chaos and they want their grocery prices lower, which is totally understandable on both counts, but I think unfortunately not everyone understood the chaos that we could see, that we see coming both on the immigration front and also with the economy,
Even voting blocs that support tougher enforcement want the Trump administration to preserve American values and set enforcement priorities. We urge the new administration to work with Congress on immigration solutions that boost our security, honor human dignity and preserve family unity."
Jennie Murray, President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum, in a December press release It is worrisome, and that's why we need immigration reform, something more permanent and durable,
Kerri Talbot, co-executive director of The Immigration Hub, told Newsweek By targeting millions of hardworking and long-settled immigrants, Donald Trump threatens to undermine the local communities where they live and destabilize the economies they contribute to across the country,
It's going to be immediate. We had the safest border in history during my presidency... the best immigration numbers we've ever had. We're going to have them again, maybe even better, but we have to get a lot of people out."
President-elect Trump, speaking to Newsmax January 14 This whole idea of the sanctuary cities and disregarding federal law as it relates to immigration, I think that needs to be taken on,
I think there's going to be an enormous battle between the cities that they view as sanctuary cities and the federal government. And I think it's going to play out in court, and it's going to play out politically,
When the American public was asked that question, it was such an abstract notion that I'm not sure that when it comes down to it and they see what it looks like in practice, the American public will be all for it,
One way we're going to see it is that previously, something called expedited removal, which are truncated procedures, has only been traditionally used at the border,
We could see someone picked up in the middle of the country, and if they can't prove they've been here longer than two years, be gone within 48 hours based solely on a supervisor's signature without any due process or hearing,
I anticipate an enormous expansion of coordination between ICE and local officials and possibly also the National Guard,
I think they're going to become much more pervasive in American society,
I don't think ICE's role will change so much, and the reason is that ICE already has a very large capacity and infrastructure to enforce immigration directives such as workplace raids, road stops to check on immigration status, and so forth,