Donald Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : And if Trump makes good on promises to ratchet up tariffs on Mexico, China and Canada, CBP will play an integral role in enforcing them.
57% : As Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Trump said he had chosen Caleb Vitello, a career ICE official with more than 23 years in the agency.
56% : Customs and Border Protection, with its roughly 60,000 employees, falls under the Department of Homeland Security.
54% : Separately, Trump announced he was sending the former head of the Border Patrol Union, Brandon Judd, to Chile as Ambassador.___Republished with permission of The Associated Press.
53% : He's also served on the National Security Council and held positions at ICE directly related to the agency's enforcement operations.
53% : He's a consummate professional, cares about the mission," said Jason Houser, a former Chief of Staff at ICE under the Biden administration.
52% : They will work with an immigration leadership team that includes South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security; former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement head Tom Homan as Border Czar; and immigration hard-liner Stephen Miller as Deputy Chief of Staff.
48% : Trump said late Thursday he was tapping Rodney Scott, a former Border Patrol Chief who's been a vocal supporter of tougher enforcement measures, for CBP Commissioner.
41% : The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump's hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally.
41% : That will be key as the agency attempts to ramp up efforts to find and remove people in the country illegally.ICE has not had a Senate-confirmed leader in years.
37% : Houser said he anticipates that another arm of ICE, called Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), will be pulled in more to help with efforts to remove migrants through things like worksite enforcement.

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