Inside Trump's Plan for Mass Deportations - and Who Wants Stop Him

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Trump claimed victory in the 2024 presidential contest, telling supporters America had given him an "unprecedented and powerful mandate".
51% : The State Department in particular could be one place where Trump acts more aggressively than during his first term, several Trump backers said.
49% : Tom Homan, a former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expected to join the new administration, said in a late October interview that the scale of the deportations would hinge on potential officers and detention space.
41% : The American Civil Liberties Union and immigrant advocacy groups have been preparing for court battles if Trump again tests the bounds of his legal authority.
41% : A key factor will be whether other countries will accept their citizens, an issue Trump faced with limited success during his first term.
37% : Ken Cuccinelli, former acting deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Trump, said the State Department was a "roadblock" for immigration enforcement and that aggressive appointees will be key.
25% : George Fishman, a former DHS official under Trump, said the Trump administration would need to prove the immigrants were sent by a foreign government.
21% : Trump plans to use a 1798 wartime statute known as the Alien Enemies Act to rapidly deport alleged gang members, an action that would almost certainly be challenged in court.
19% : Trump struggled to ramp up deportations during his 2017-2021 presidency.
17% : Trump recaptured the White House vowing a vast immigration crackdown.

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