When Trump, the president-elect, resigns from office on January 20, 2025, he will increase his assault on illegal immigration and tighten his entry restrictions. Trump reaffirmed his approach to immigration during a campaign protest in Duluth, Georgia, saying,” Quickly upon taking the oath of office, I will build the largest imprisonment program in British story”.
Trump is expected to implement some of the immigration procedures outlined below during his second management:
Mass arrests
If Trump is elected, he has stated that he intends to carry out large-scale arrests. This action, aimed at people residing in the US improperly, seeks to return million to their countries of origin. When the president-elect takes office, he intends to increase immigration enforcement using professional purchases. He confirmed on his social media platform, Truth Social, that this would entail declaring a federal disaster and deploying military solutions, with the aim of surpassing any past government’s imprisonment figures.
Trump’s immigration policies, which prioritize apprehending serious criminals while reducing enforcement actions against those without criminal records, are directly opposed by President Biden. Trump has pledged to reverse these decisions as soon as he assumes office.
During his 2020 campaign, Trump described the deportation process as” a bloody story”. Additionally, he expressed his willingness to build additional immigration detention facilities.
To support this effort, Texas has offered to purchase approximately 1,400 acres of land close to the US-Mexico border. The use of the National Guard, and possibly federal troops, to apprehend and deport individuals is also under consideration.
Immigrants with criminal histories and suspected gang affiliations are included in Trump’s immigration plan. He intends to utilize the Alien Enemies Act, a law enacted in 1798 and last implemented during World War II to detain individuals of Japanese, German, and Italian descent.
Stephen Miller, a key architect of Trump’s previous immigration policies, is expected to play a significant role in a potential second term. In order to prevent deportations, Miller has suggested that the National Guard troops from supportive states could be dispatched to less cooperative ones. This strategy could spark legal disputes.
Trump has also previously pushed for the death penalty for immigrants who murder US citizens or law enforcement officials.
Under Trump, the Biden administration’s deportation rates have already surpassed any year. In the 2023 fiscal year, 468, 000 migrants were either deported or returned to Mexico by US immigration authorities, with projections indicating a higher number for the current year.
Enhancing border security
Trump has pledged to increase border security by restarting construction of the border wall and sending National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border. He intends to use a national emergency declaration to secure wall funding.
Trump also plans to reinstate his” Remain in Mexico” policy, which mandates that asylum seekers remain in the country while their cases are heard in US courts. Additionally, he aims to detain all migrants apprehended crossing the border illegally, ending what he calls” catch and release”.
Trump also intends to pass travel bans that target people from particular nations or adherents of a particular ideology.
” Anywhere else that threatens our security”, Trump said in an October 2023 speech, outlining potential targets for renewed travel bans, including the Gaza Strip, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen.
Trump also wants to stop the Biden administration’s humanitarian “parole” programs, which have allowed for a significant influx of immigrants with US sponsors, to stop legal immigration. He intends to reduce the number of refugees who are admitted to the US.
Defending family separations
Trump has defended his administration’s controversial family separation policy at the US-Mexico border. In a November 2023 interview with Univision, Trump said that the policy, which separated thousands of migrant families in 2018,” stopped people from coming by the hundreds of thousands”.
Trump declined to specify whether he would restart the policy if he were to win re-election at a CNN town hall last year. The policy sparked widespread demonization and legal challenges.
Trump’s potential “border czar”, Tom Homan, expressed reservations about the policy. Homan claimed last year that the separations” caused an uproar” and that keeping families together would be preferable.
In 2022, the Biden administration reached a settlement agreement that gave separated families temporary legal status and other benefits. Similar family separations are also prohibited by the agreement for at least eight years.
Putting an end to DACA, or delayed action for children’s arrivals ( DACA )
The Trump administration has stated that it will look into ways to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA ) program and that it will not accept new applications. During the former president Barack Obama’s administration, the DACA, which was established, granted eligible immigrants who were brought into the US illegally as children temporary deportation relief and work permits. Trump has repeatedly criticized the program.
Trump intends to try to end DACA, according to a report from the New York Times. His decision follows a Supreme Court ruling in June 2020 that found the Trump administration’s attempt to end DACA was improper but did not rule on the program’s legality. The Trump administration stated that it would look into other legal options if DACA were to be ended.
