Can Trump really deport millions of people?
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🗓️ 18 November 2024
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Today on “Post Reports,” how President-elect Donald Trump plans to make good on his campaign promise of mass deportations.
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President-elect Donald Trump has taken steps to fulfill his pledge to deport undocumented immigrants on a massive scale by naming top officials to lead the effort: Stephen Miller and Tom Homan.
Miller — who helped shape policies during Trump’s first administration, including the ban on travel from many Muslim-majority countries and family separations at the border — is expected to become a deputy chief of staff.
Tom Homan, a former acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will serve as “border czar,” in charge of border security and deportations.
On today’s “Post Reports,” reporter Nick Miroff walks host Elahe Izadi through what those picks could mean for the incoming administration’s approach to immigration enforcement and why they might have an easier time this term to turn Trump’s rhetoric into reality. We also hear from an immigration lawyer and advocate about how he’s advising his clients to prepare for another Trump presidency.
Today’s episode was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy and Laura Benshoff, with help from Ariel Plotnick. It was mixed by Sam Bair and edited by Monica Campbell with help from Maggie Penman and Lucy Perkins. Thanks to Maria Sacchetti and Efrain Hernandez Jr.
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| 0:00.0 | If there was one promise that Donald Trump repeated more than any during his campaign for president, it was probably this. |
| 0:10.1 | Immediately upon taking the oath of office, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history. |
| 0:17.3 | We'll get them out. |
| 0:18.7 | It was a promise he said he'd start carrying out on day one. |
| 0:23.1 | We will seal the border. |
| 0:25.0 | We will stop the invasion, and we will begin the largest deportation of criminals, the criminal element, which is... |
| 0:32.0 | Now Trump is president-elect, and on Monday, he confirmed on social media he wants to use the military for mass deportations. |
| 0:40.7 | Trump's also been busy picking allies to serve in his administration, people like Stephen Miller |
| 0:46.3 | as his deputy chief of staff, and Tom Homan, as his so-called borders are. These names might |
| 0:53.4 | sound familiar to you if you followed the last Trump administration. |
| 0:57.6 | Their talking points are familiar, too. |
| 1:00.1 | I got a message. |
| 1:01.6 | Here's Tom Homan speaking at the Republican National Convention in July. |
| 1:05.2 | As a guy who spent 34 years deporting illegal aliens, I got a message to the millions of illegal aliens that Joe Biden's |
| 1:13.3 | released in our country in violation of federal law, you better start packing now. |
| 1:21.8 | The thing is, the last time Homer and Trump worked together, they couldn't get it done. |
| 1:28.3 | Some of this feels a little bit like Groundhog Day because the first time Trump took office, |
| 1:33.4 | he also promised millions of deportations. |
| 1:36.3 | Nick Miroff covers immigration enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security for the |
| 1:40.9 | Post. |
| 1:41.7 | He had Tom Homan running immigration and customs enforcement as aggressively as possible, |
| 1:47.0 | and they really ratcheted up arrests and deportations, but they never got to more than a few |
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