Trump brings deportation chiefs into White House, away from entrenched agencies
His first administration saw internal leaks often frustrate his efforts to apprehend and deport illegal immigrants, but he appears prepared to avoid comparable obstacles by working outside of captured agencies, to some extent.
By Ben Whedon
Published: November 12, 2024 11:03pm
President-elect Donald Trump’s nods for immigration and border-related posts appear to suggest he plans to keep the major-decision making on those issues within the White House rather than in offices of executive branch agencies filled with career government employees. Trump has vowed to pursue the mass deportation of illegal aliens from the country, beginning on his first day. He has cited President Dwight Eisenhower’s "Operation Wetback" as precedent for such an undertaking.
"When people have killed and murdered, when drug lords have destroyed countries, and now they’re going to go back to those countries because they’re not staying here. There is no price tag," Trump told NBC News last week. Mass deportations enjoy the support of a majority of Americans, according to some surveys. Fifty-four percent of respondents supported mass deportations in a recent Scripps News/Ipsos poll, for example.
His first administration saw internal leaks often frustrate his efforts to apprehend and deport illegal immigrants, but he appears prepared to avoid comparable obstacles by working outside of the traditional agencies, to some extent. Over the long weekend, Trump named former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan to serve as his “border czar,” saying he “will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin.”
https://justthenews.com/government/security/wedtrump-brings-deportation-chiefs-white-house-away-entrenched-agencies
