The New York Times reports that if Donald Trump is re-elected, he will detain millions undocumented migrants in large camps in Texas. He will also try to end the birthright citizenship and renew his efforts to ban Muslims from entering America.
The New York Times reported on Saturday that if Donald Trump is re-elected president, he intends to swiftly detain millions of illegal immigrants in sizable camps in Texas, attempt to abolish birthright citizenship, revive an earlier effort to forbid Muslims from entering the country, and deny visa applications to foreigners whose political views his advisors disagree with.
The harsh measures are a part of ‘blitz’, according to far-right Trump immigration advisor Stephen Miller, which he characterizes as an effort to enact numerous difficult, and in some cases outright illegal, measures to limit legal immigration and deport millions of people before immigration rights attorneys and federal courts can catch up.
The most recent comprehensive authoritarian plan to emerge from the indicted former president’s brain trust is Trumps anti-immigrant strategy. If elected, Trump also reportedly intends to quickly invoke the Insurrection Act to “allow him to deploy the military against legal demonstrations,” abolish civil service protections so he can fire sizable portions of the national workforce, and use the Justice Department to bring charges against critics and political rivals.
The fact that Trump wants to do like things might not be news. But compared to Trump’s hectic previous attempts, the specificity and resolve with which his advisers are preparing to carry out his wishes is a significant departure. The inexperience, incompetence, and advisors who attempted to impose some national norms and stop their boss from breaking the law frequently thwarted Trump’s harmful intentions throughout his first term in office. According to the Times, Trump and his remaining supporters do n’t think they will encounter any such limitations in a second term.
These are some additional specifics about the policies Trump is preparing, according to the Times:
Stop having birthright citizenship. Anyone born on US soil is guaranteed citizenship, according to the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. By directing governmental agencies to stop issuing documents like Social Security cards and passports to any babies born to non-citizens, Trump hopes to circumvent the law. Trump’s entourage wants to put such a policy in place before an future Supreme Court decision, despite the fact that it appears to be illegal on its face.
End DACA: Trump would redouble his efforts to repeal a well-liked Obama-era initiative that protects any unauthorized individuals brought to the US as children from deportation. Trump’s initial attempt to revoke the program was blocked by the Supreme Court in 2020, but the authoritarian court of today may make a different decision.
Ban ( many ) Muslims: Trump wants to reinstate his ban on entry into the US from nations with a majority of Muslims. On his second day in office, President Joe Biden abolished that rule. Trump has frequently stated that the aim of his policy is to attempt to enact the broad” Muslim ban,” which he called for while running for office in 2016.
Trump wants to halt the country’s refugee program, according to boot refugees. Tens of thousands of Afghans who immigrated to the United States in 2021 after the Taliban took control are among his plans to be deported. Some of them were former US military allies or supporters who were permitted entry because it was likely that the Taliban would kill them in retaliation. They would be “revetted” as part of Trump’s plan.
Israel’s loyalty tests for them. Trump has threatened to revoke the visas of international students who participated in anti-Israel demonstrations. In order to prevent people his supporters believe” to have problematic attitudes,” he also wants to increase the intellectual screening of visa applicants.
Round- ups. Trump would order immigration and customs enforcement to conduct extensive raids in order to “mass deport” illegal immigrants, including then law-abiding individuals who have lived in the US for decades. The agency would detain a lot of people in open places rather than just arresting some people. According to Miller, assistance would be requested from personnel from another federal law enforcement agencies, National Guard personnel, and police from willing regional jurisdictions.
Camps. According to Miller, the fresh Trump administration would construct “vast holding facilities” for illegal immigrants, good “on open land in Texas near the border,” where they would be held until they were deported.
Send the soldiers in. Trump also intends to apprehend illegal immigrants using the defense. This is unquestionably forbidden. US military deployment for local law enforcement is prohibited by the Posse Comitatus Act. Trump, however, aims to circumvent that by referencing the Insurrection Act once more and asserting that unlawful border crossings constitute an anti-government “rebellion.”
A health emergency should be declared. According to Miller, Trump’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will use a common health law to kick out visa-less asylum seekers who cross the border without first giving their requests some thought. During Covid, the administration used a related tactic through an emergency rule known as Title 42. However, Miller claimed that in the absence of a pandemic, the Trump administration would merely assert that” severe flu strains, tuberculosis, scabies, other respiratory illnesses like RSV, and therefore on, or even just the basic issue of mass migration being, constitute an emergency.”
Set children in cages? The family separation policy, which Miller and others spearheaded and under which more than 5,000 children, from infants to teens ( including US born ), were forcibly taken from their parents and even held in cages, is not explicitly mentioned in Trump’s draconian plans. ( Many still have n’t been reunited to this day. ) Trump has left the option of continuing the policy opened, according to the Times, despite a court ruling that forbids it. In the event that Donald Trump is re-elected president, he intends to swiftly detain millions of illegal immigrants in sizable camps in Texas, attempt to abolish birthright citizenship, revive a version of his campaign to forbid Muslims from entering the country, and refuse visas for foreigners whose political views his advisors disagree with, according to the New York Times.
The New York Times reports that if Donald Trump is re-elected, he will detain millions undocumented migrants in large camps in Texas. He will also try to end the birthright citizenship and renew his efforts to ban Muslims from entering America.
Donald Trump in Kissimmee, Fla. on Nov. 4.Kyle Mazza/Zuma. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.. If Donald Trump wins back the presidency, he plans to quickly detain millions of undocumented immigrants in vast camps in Texas, try end birthright citizenship, renew a version of his effort to ban Muslims from entering the United States, and deny visas to foreigners whose politics his advisers don’t like, the New York Times reported Saturday.. The draconian measures are part of a “blitz” described by far-right Trump immigration adviser Stephen Miller—as an effort to execute an array of problematic, and in some cases clearly illegal, steps to restrict legal immigration and deport millions before immigration-rights lawyers and federal courts can catch up.. Trump’s anti-immigrant plan is the latest detailed authoritarian blueprint to emerge from within the indicted former president’s brain trust. Trump, if elected, also reportedly plans to immediately invoke the Insurrection Act to “ allow him to deploy the military against civil demonstrations,” end civil service protections so he can fire large swaths of the federal workforce, and use the Justice Department to prosecute critics and political enemies.. It may not be news that Trump wants to do such things. But the specificity and resolve with which his advisors are preparing to implement his wishes is a major departure from Trump’s frenetic past attempts. Throughout his first term in office, Trump’s malicious intentions were often thwarted by his administration’s inexperience, incompetence, and advisers who tried to instill some presidential norms and prevent their boss from violating the law. Trump and his remaining loyalists, the Times notes, believe they will face no such restraints in a second term.. Here are further details of the measures Trump is planning, according to the Times:. End birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution says anyone born on US soil is guaranteed citizenship. Trump hopes to sidestep the law by ordering federal agencies to stop issuing documents like Social Security cards and passports to any babies born to non-citizens. Though such a policy is unconstitutional on its face, Trump’s entourage hopes to have it in place prior to an eventual Supreme Court ruling.. End DACA: Trump would renew his efforts to end a popular Obama-era program that shields from deportation any undocumented people brought to the US as children. In 2020, the Supreme Court blocked Trump’s first effort to ditch the program, but today’s ultraconservative court might rule differently.. Ban (many) Muslims: Trump hopes to reinstate his ban on travel to the US from several Muslim majority countries. President Joe Biden ended that policy on his first day in office. Though Trump does not appear to plan to try to implement the sweeping “Muslim ban” he called for while campaigning in 2016, he regularly has said that is the goal of his policy.. Boot refugees: Trump intends to suspend America’s refugee program. His plans include possible deportation of tens of thousands of Afghans who settled in the Unites States in 2021, after the Taliban took over. Many of them are former allies or supporters of the US military who were allowed to enter the United States because of the likelihood they would be killed by the Taliban in reprisal. Under Trump’s plan, they would “revetted.”. Loyalty tests for Israel: Trump has said he would cancel the visas of foreign students who took part in protests against Israel. He also wants to expand ideological screening of visa applicants to block people his backers consider “to have undesirable attitudes.”. Round-ups: To achieve “mass deportation” of undocumented immigrants, including otherwise law-abiding people who have lived in the US for decades, Trump would order Immigration and Customs Enforcement to carry out sweeping raids. Instead of merely arresting specific individuals, the agency would detain large numbers of people in public places. Personnel from other federal law enforcement agencies, along with National Guard troops and police from willing local jurisdictions, would be deputized to help, according to Miller.. Camps: Miller said the new Trump administration would build “vast holding facilities,” likely “on open land in Texas near the border” for undocumented immigrants, who would be detained there until they are deported.. Send in the troops: Trump also hopes to use the military to round up undocumented migrants. This is clearly illegal. The Posse Comitatus Act bars the deployment of US armed forces for domestic law enforcement. But Trump aims to get around that by invoking the Insurrection Act (again) with a claim that illegal border crossings constitute an anti-government “rebellion.”. Declare a health emergency: Miller told the Times that Trump’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would invoke a public health law that allows the administration to expel visa-less asylum seekers who arrive at the border without first considering their claims. The administration applied a similar strategy during Covid, by means of an emergency rule known as Title 42. But without a pandemic, Miller said, the Trump cadre would simply claim that “severe strains of the flu, tuberculosis, scabies, other respiratory illnesses like RSV and so on, or just a general issue of mass migration being a public health threat,” constitute an emergency.. Kids in cages? Trump’s draconian plans do not explicitly include a renewal of the family separation policy spearheaded by Miller and others, wherein more than 5,000 children, from infants to teens (including US born) were forcibly taken from their parents and even held in cages. (To this day, many still haven’t been reunited.) Despite a court ruling barring the policy, notes the Times, Trump has left open the possibility of resuming it.
