NEWSMAX | Published November 23, 2024
Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s point man for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants, told Newsmax on Friday there are several steps Trump can take to immediately help ease the border crisis, though it could take a few months to stabilize the situation.
Homan told “American Agenda” that on day one, Trump can end the catch-and-release policy embraced by the Biden administration, where illegal immigrants caught at the border were released into the U.S.
He also advocated for something similar to the safe third country agreement in the first Trump administration, where asylum seekers traveling through a Central American country were required to first seek protection there. The U.S. has such an agreement with Canada.
Homan said bringing back the “Remain in Mexico” policy, where asylum seekers would stay in Mexico until their U.S. immigration cases are heard, will be the real game changer, but that will require cooperation from the Mexican government.
“The president got a mandate from the American people,” Homan said. “There are things he can do immediately: End catch-and-release, put the safe third country agreements in there; both game changers. But Remain in Mexico is the biggest-game changer. I know discussions already are happening.
“If we can get the Remain in Mexico program back in quickly, that will move the numbers down incredibly. But ending catch-and-release on day one is going to send a strong message to the world: You can’t cross this border illegally, which is a crime, and get released into the United States. You will be detained or removed. You take a choice.”
Regarding deportations, Homan said a plan is being developed to first target criminal illegal immigrants.
“There are plenty of criminals to arrest,” he said. “If you look at the data between the Trump administration and the Biden administration, the deportations are at an all-time low. Deportations of illegal aliens with criminal convictions is down 74%, even though the Biden administration lied to the American people saying public safety threats are going to be the main priority. They weren’t.
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Tom Homan, President-elect Trump’s pick as “border czar,” said the incoming Republican administration will “absolutely” use the gifted Texas land as a part of their deportation program.
“We absolutely will. When we find somebody, a targeted enforcement operation, when they get arrested, they’ll be detained,” Homan said during his Wednesday appearance on Fox News’ “’The Ingraham Angle.”
They have to be detained for a short time while we get travel documents from their host country. [The] host country has to agree that, ‘yeah, they’re our national’ – we get travel documents. We get flight arrangements, flight agreements. So we’re going to detain them for a little while,” he added.
Homan’s remarks come just a day after Texas officials offered Trump a 1,400-acre ranch for his mass deportation plan. Dawn Buckingham, the land commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, said on Tuesday her office is “fully prepared” to cooperate with federal agencies that will carry out Trump’s immigration agenda. The 1,402-acre lot is in Starr County.
Trump has vowed on the campaign trail to perform the “largest deportation effort in American history.” He signaled on Monday that he would declare an immigration national emergency and utilize military assets to carry out his deportation pledge.
Despite Texas officials siding with Trump’s immigration plan, some other parts of the country are looking to protect immigrants before the president-elect’s inauguration in January. Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a “sanctuary city” ordinance to shield migrants in the city.
Homan said on Wednesday that the ordinance will not matter.
“Sanctuary states said they’re not allowing any detention facilities in their state — fine. Then we’ll arrest them. We’ll fly them out of the state and detain them outside the state, again, away — away from their families, their attorneys,” Homan told host Laura Ingraham. “That’s what you want, that’s what you get.”
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