U.S. border authorities are now more morale-focused after President-elect Donald Trump’s election, which represents a significant improvement over previous years of comfortable immigration laws. Trump’s election on promises of border security and mass deportations has rekindled optimism among those working for Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) following a four-year record of immigrants entering the country.
On Monday, Trump tapped Tom Homan, the original acting director of ICE and a recognized figure among borders officials, as his administration’s “border king”. Homan, who has been a vocal critic of the Biden administration’s immigration laws, expressed his determination to tackle the border crisis. Appearing on Fox &, Friends, Homan said,” I’ve been on this system for years complaining about what this leadership did to this frontier … So when the president asked me,’ Did you come up and repair it?’ Of course, I’d become a hypocrite if I did n’t”.
The Department of Homeland Security reports that outlawed border crossings increased to almost 3 million in fiscal 2024 under President Biden. Over 10.1 million illegal immigration encounters have occurred at the U.S. Mexico border since governmental 2021.
Homan has officially backed Trump’s program for mass arrests, emphasizing that people health and national security threats may be prioritized. When Homan was asked if these arrests may cause family separations in a new 60 Minutes interview, he responded that “families may be deported up.”
For some borders leaders, Homan’s session and Trump’s election represent a long-awaited returning to plans they believe are essential to restoring border protection. National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez noted,” The confidence is through the roof… We’ve received hundreds of calls, texts, messages just saying how glad the officials are”.
One ICE official in Massachusetts said that” forces are eventually feeling like the moon is coming out after a very long storm,” while another in New York described confidence as” extremely high, especially with the Homan information.” An Arizona Border Patrol agent added, “Ecstatic to go to function! Perhaps more impressive is his first victory.
Some border officials ‘ retirement plans have been affected by the confidence increase. Many agents “were planning to retire if President Trump did n’t win,” Perez said. These same agents are now saying they will delay their retirement because they want to return to this management.
Nothing will change until Tom Homan removes the rope from us, according to a border agent in California, while a border agent in Texas expressed relief over the renewed enthusiasm:” Everyone is happy and people who were going to leave are not.” Another top ICE standard expressed satisfaction by saying that people “know they can get the poor guys now” and that they are aware of their commitments. Public safety risks, national security risks, crew members —here we come”.
Authorities also expressed relief at the idea of using politically correct speech when referring to unlawful immigrants as “noncitizens.”
