Trump confirms plans to declare national emergency to implement mass deportation program – Washington Examiner

Washington Examiner StaffNovember 18, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump⁤ has confirmed that his administration plans to declare⁤ a national emergency to carry⁣ out a mass deportation program aimed at illegal immigrants. This⁢ announcement was made on Truth Social, in response⁢ to a post by Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, who indicated that the incoming administration would utilize military resources‍ to address what he termed the “Biden invasion.” Trump has pledged to deport more illegal immigrants than any of ‍his predecessors, a promise that resonated strongly with ⁣his supporter base during his campaign.

To spearhead this ‌effort, he has appointed Tom Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as the “border czar.” Homan emphasized that deportation efforts would prioritize individuals who have already ‌been ordered to leave the country by federal immigration⁢ judges but⁢ have remained in the U.S. despite those ‍orders. ‍He underlined⁤ that the focus would be on public safety and national security threats as the administration moves ⁢forward ‌with its deportation‌ strategy.

Trump confirms plans to declare national emergency to implement mass deportation program

President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Truth Social early Monday morning that his incoming administration will declare a national emergency and use military resources to implement a mass deportation of illegal immigrants. The confirmation was made in response to an earlier post by Tom Fitton, journalist and president of Judicial Watch.

“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,” Fitton posted.

“TRUE!!” Trump responded from his Truth Social account, while quoting Fitton’s post.

During his presidential campaign, Trump has vowed to deport illegal immigrants residing in the United States. It was an integral part of his campaign, which was widely popular among Trump supporters. As the Washington Examiner previously reported, the president-elect has vowed to “deport more illegal immigrants from the United States than any of his predecessors.”

To implement such a plan and facilitate this initiative, Trump announced that Tom Homan, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, would be the “border czar” for the Trump administration.

“President Trump’s been clear; public safety threats and national security threats will be the priority because they have to be. They pose the most danger to this country,” Homan said previously.

Homan stressed that he would prioritize first deporting the illegal immigrants who were already told to leave the country by a federal immigration judge but have defied those orders.

“We’re going to prioritize those groups, those who already have final orders, those that had due process at great taxpayer expense, and the federal judge says you must go home. And that didn’t. They became a fugitive,” said Homan.

Homan acknowledged that some are against such deportations, but he explained that the process in which those who are still here illegally after being told to leave by a federal judge were breaking the law, and the law had to be enforced.

“As far as the people want to push back on deporting these people, what is the option? You have a right to claim asylum,” Homan said during an appearance on Fox and Friends. “You have a right to see a judge, and we make that happen, but at the end of that due process, when the judge says, ‘You must go home,’ then we have to take them home because if we’re not, what the hell are we doing?”

Currently, there are an estimated 1.3 million illegal immigrants who were ordered to leave the country but ignored those orders and remained in the country, the Wall Street Journal reported.