Trump's Coming Immigration Showdown

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The two men's prompt installation in senior White House roles among the first personnel selections for Trump 2.0, says POLITICO, signals immigration enforcement is a "top priority.
55% : For example, Democracy Forward, a legal group formed after Trump won in 2016, has a multimillion-dollar bank roll and more than 800 lawyers on call.
47% : "Democrats," according to the New York Times, "envision flexing their power in these states to partly block the Trump administration's policies -- for example, by refusing to enforce immigration laws."
44% : The number of criminal aliens freed into the country by sanctuary authorities could potentially be much higher given many times local law enforcement releases criminal migrants before ICE is aware of them and files a detainer notice.
44% : Homan formerly headed ICE.
42% : Trump is serious about all this, beyond personnel choices.
39% : Why, you ignore the support Trump and the Republicans have and try to work around the coming war on immigration, directly opposing the federal government in Washington.
38% : Trump is staffing up for the war.
36% : The Times claims some of the planning in blue states began in 2023 as a potential backstop if Trump won, but the preparations were largely kept quiet to avoid projecting public doubts about Democrats' ability to win the election.
33% : Trump also pledged to continue building the U.S.-Mexico border wall, revive the Remain in Mexico program, hire more border patrol agents, and end birthright citizenship for those born on U.S. soil to illegal migrant parents.
26% : In addition to making Stephen Miller deputy chief of staff, Trump is set to install another immigration hardliner in a major White House role: Tom Homan, who will be immigration czar.
24% : "Sanctuary cities and other localities across the U.S. have, since Biden took office, freed more than 22,000 criminal migrants wanted by federal immigration authorities, according to data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE.)
24% : Trump confirmed on Truth Social he will declare a national emergency and use military assets to help him carry out his deportation plans.
19% : Governor Kevin Stitt shared with the Washington Examiner plans to expeditiously deport 526 convicted illegal immigrants as soon as Trump takes office.

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