Workplace raids, family separation and policy changes along the U.S.-Mexican border are just a few things Trump's incoming "border czar" Tom Homan, former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, has laid out in the past few days.
Expelling noncitizens on a mass scale is likely to raise prices on goods and services and lower employment rates for U.S. workers, many economists say.
The Trump administration offers promise and peril for American Catholic leaders’ top policy concerns, which include abortion and immigration.
While the city has prohibited the use of its resources to assist immigration authorities in past years, an ordinance would formally codify such policies.
President-elect Donald Trump says Tom Homan, his former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as "border czar" in his incoming administration.
Homan “knows how the machine operates,” said Ronald Vitiello, a former Border Patrol chief and acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director under Trump. “He did it as a front line, he did it as a supervisor, and he did it as the lead executive. He doesn’t have anything to learn on that side of the equation.”
The mayor said City Council members should change local rules to allow for more coordination with federal officials on criminal cases.
In an interview on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Homan said that ICE would move to implement Trump’s plans in a “humane manner.”
Rep. Ritchie Torres pointed a finger at the White House's handling of the southern border in light of last week's election losses.
The president-elect is surrounding himself with advisors who support mass deportations and other hardline immigration measures.