He pledged to launch, on the first day of his term, the largest deportation operation of illegal immigrants in the history of the United States. The US president-elect, Donald Trump, announced on Sunday, November 10, the return of the intransigent Thomas Homan to the head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE).
“I am pleased to announce that former ICE Director and Border Enforcement stalwart Tom Homan will join the Trump Administration, where he will be responsible for our nation’s borders (“Border Czar”).wrote the Republican billionaire on his Truth Social network. “I have known Tom for a long time and there is no one better than him to monitor and control our borders”Mr. Trump continued. Tom Homan will be responsible for “all expulsions of illegal aliens to their country of origin”he added.
During his campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly attacked illegal immigrants who, according to him, “poison the blood” of his country, and promised to reestablish a policy of family separation at the border. Homan appeared at the Republican National Convention in July and told his supporters: “I have a message for the millions of illegal immigrants that Joe Biden has allowed into our country: you better start packing your bags now. »
Thomas Homan had already led ICE during Donald Trump’s previous term (2017-2021). Under this first Trump presidency, almost 4,000 migrant children were separated from their parents and detained.
Two other nominations
Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated in January, made another appointment for his future cabinet, naming his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, whom he calls “ice baby” for his supposedly unflappable temperament – as White House chief of staff.
He also announced that he had named Republican Representative Elise Stefanik as US ambassador to the United Nations, speaking to US media late on Sunday.
“I am honored to nominate President Elise Stefanik to serve in my administration as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. “Elise is an incredibly strong, tenacious and intelligent American fighter.”Trump said in a statement to New York Post.
Immigrant “invasion” underway, according to Trump
As the U.S. government has struggled for years to manage its southern border with Mexico, Trump has exacerbated concerns by claiming that a “invasion” an immigration campaign was underway that he claimed would rape and murder Americans. In his election speeches, he greatly exaggerated local tensions and misled his audience about immigration statistics and policies.
The number of violent crimes, which increased during Trump’s first term, has decreased each year under President Joe Biden’s administration. Immigrants commit proportionally fewer crimes than the local population, although foreign suspects have been named in some high-profile cases of violent attacks on women and children, angering Republicans.
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The number of US border patrols encountering migrants arriving illegally from Mexico is now about the same as in 2020, the final year of Trump’s presidency, after peaking at 250,000 in December 2023.
Trump has pledged to combat immigrant gangs using the Enemy Alien Act of 1798, which allows the federal government to arrest and deport foreigners from enemy countries, as part of a mass expulsion campaign he called “Operation Aurora.”
It was as part of this operation that a video allegedly showing armed Latinos rampaging through a building with false narratives about a city terrorized by Latino immigrants went viral. Donald Trump also promoted the fictional story that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating residents’ pets.
