The Briefing Room
General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: bolobaby on November 21, 2016, 10:58:12 pm
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Full title: The shape of things to come? Trump's potential Homeland Security director accidentally reveals plan to redefine arrested illegals as 'criminals' and deputize cops to help deport them
One of President-elect Donald Trump's potential cabinet picks showed photographers more than he intended over the weekend, revealing part of an aggressive plan to change the Department of Homeland Security's approach to combating illegal immigration.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who was rumored last week to be on an attorney general short-list, emerged as a contender for the DHS job and interviewed with Trump on Sunday.
When the two posed for pictures beforehand, however, Kobach was clutching his proposal – and photographs captured the parts that his left hand didn't obscure.
They included uncompromising approaches to deportations, providing for the 'rapid build' of the wall that Candidate Trump promised for America's southern border – 1,989 miles of it – and part of a plan that appears targeted at making sure illegal immigrants can't vote in national elections.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3958422/Potential-cabinet-pick-accidentally-shows-photographers-homeland-security-plan-redefines-arrested-illegals-criminals-deputizes-cops-help-deport-them.html
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Sounds like a good start, except - these days - I'm starting to wonder if DHS is becoming redundant. I'd like to see this plan implemented by other agencies.
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Full title: The shape of things to come? Trump's potential Homeland Security director accidentally reveals plan to redefine arrested illegals as 'criminals' and deputize cops to help deport them
Uh, by definition, they are criminals. Why do people no understand what the word 'illegal' means?
A non-issue.