Welcome to the News Hour. President-elect Donald Trump is quickly picking the people he wants to advise him when he enters the White House again in January. That includes who he has chosen to lead his mass deportation effort, a campaign promise he said he'd begin carrying out on day one.

On Sunday, Mr. Trump announced on Truth Social that Tom Homan will be what he called

his borders are.

Trump said the former acting ICE director would be, quote, in charge of our nation's borders

and in charge of all deportation of illegal aliens back to their country of origin.

And the president-elect is also expected to formally name Stephen Miller as his deputy

chief of staff for policy in the coming days.

Vice President-elect J.D. Vance confirmed this election on the social media site, X.

Miller worked as an advisor during Mr. Trump's first term and is known as an immigration hardliner.

Our White House correspondent Laura Barone Lopez has been covering all of this and joins us now.

So Laura, we know immigration has been a core part of Mr. Trump's message.

What is he pledging to do as soon as he enters the White House?

Donald Trump made a host of promises during the campaign, Omna, and so based on statements

that he made while campaigning,

as well as what I have heard from sources close to the Trump incoming administration, what we

expect him to prioritize are a number of things, including mass deportations of undocumented

immigrants, restarting border wall construction, invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, and directing

more money and agents to the border. A note on that Alien Enemies Act Omina, it's only been invoked

during times of war, notably when the U.S. carried out Japanese internment. And it would be used

to rapidly deport alleged gang members

without due process. It's going to likely be met with immediate lawsuits. Another thing I'm told

Donald Trump will prioritize as a reconciliation package with Congress to allocate more money for this

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