As we’ve reported extensively here on RedState, one of failed President Joe Biden’s most lasting and damaging legacies is his allowing—some would say welcoming—an untold number of illegal aliens into this country with his disastrous border policy.
One of Donald Trump’s main selling points during his campaign is that he promised to not only stop the flow, but to reverse it.
On Monday, he seemingly confirmed that he will use the military to deport illegals back to to where they came from.
It started when Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton posted to social media earlier this month:
In case you're unable to see the above post, here's what Fitton said:
GOOD NEWS: Reports are the incoming @RealDonaldTrump administration prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.
The President-elect responded on Monday, saying simply:
Trump has long promised that deportations are high on his priority list—much to the chagrin of liberals who seem to have no interest in protecting our border or vetting who exactly is in our country—but the question of how exactly this will be accomplished has been under much discussion. Now we may have some idea:
Why it matters: Trump made his promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants one of the cornerstones of his 2024 campaign, and his team has already begun strategizing how to carry its plan out.
- A Truth Social post early Monday is the first time the president-elect has confirmed how his administration will execute the controversial plan.
The plans are beginning to take shape:
The big picture: There are an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. Trump's mass deportations are expected to impact roughly 20 million families across the country.
- Immigration advocates and lawyers are preparing to counter the plan in court.
- The president-elect's team is aiming to craft executive orders that can withstand legal challenges to avoid a similar defeat that befell Trump's Muslim ban in his first term, Politico reported.
- Their plans also include ending the parole program for undocumented immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, per Politico.
Immigration hawks are high on the list among the many names he’s already put forward as members of his future Cabinet:
Zoom out: Trump has also already begun filling out his Cabinet positions with immigration hardliners.
- This includes tapping Tom Homan, the former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to serve as his "border czar."
- In addition, Trump nominated South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Related: SOURCE: Trump Expected to Name SD Governor Kristi Noem As Homeland Security Secretary
REPORT: Trump to Appoint Immigration Hawk Stephen Miller as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
.@RealDonaldTrump is "demonstrating himself to be a reformer like no other president...These choices — between Tulsi, Pete and Matt and now Mr. Kennedy — are all inspired in that regard. There’s nothing comparable, in a good way, in prior Cabinets,” said close Trump ally Tom…
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) November 16, 2024
There’s nothing comparable, in a good way, in prior Cabinets,” said close Trump ally Tom Fitton, president of the conservative @JudicialWatch.
"These agencies are corrupt and dried-out husks in terms of ethics and public confidence. I think opposition from the Senate (to Trump's picks) is overstated. I think they’re all likely to be confirmed or placed in office by other means, like recess appointments, but I think it’s going to be more straightforward than people now think.”
Expect Democrats and even some squishy Republicans to try to stall Trump’s agenda, but with his landslide victory over the incompetent Kamala Harris, the momentum is on his side, and he’s shown with his Cabinet picks that he’s not headed back to D.C. to play softball.
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