TRUMP’s Raids, Mass Camps and Deportations

In majority-immigrant city of Hialeah, Trump promises historic raids, prison camps and mass deportation operation to rid the country of what he considers as vermin. “[T]he threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous and grave than the threat from within. Our threat is from within.”

Could such a burning ambitious act spark a forest fire?

“And say to the forest of the south: ‘Hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee and every dry tree. The flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.” Ezekiel 20:47

Yahoo News • November 12, 2023 // Sputnik International

Speaking in a city where three-fourths of residents are foreign-born, former President Donald Trump on Wednesday night promised to deport a massive amount of immigrants on the first day in office should he be reelected.

“Our country is being invaded,” Trump said. “This is an invasion.”

“Under Biden the US has become the dumping ground of the world. .. They’re coming in in levels never seen before — never seen before in any country. There’s never been anything like this. Our country is being invaded. This is an invasion,” Trump said at a rally held in opposition to the Republican National Debate happening across town simultaneously.

“On Day One I will terminate every open borders policy of the Biden Administration,” he continued as the crowd’s cheers swelled. “And we will begin the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.”

While the comment was met with thunderous applause, the location for such remarks is also notable: Trump held his rally in Hialeah, a city where 95.8% of residents are Hispanic, and 74.1% are foreign-born, according to US Census data.

“On Day One I will terminate every open borders policy of the Biden Administration.”

To help speed mass deportations, Trump is preparing an enormous expansion of a form of removal that does not require due-process hearings. To help Immigration and Customs Enforcement carry out sweeping raids, he plans to reassign other federal agents and deputize local police officers and National Guard soldiers voluntarily contributed by Republican-run states.

To ease the strain on ICE detention facilities, Trump wants to build huge camps to detain people while their cases are processed and they await deportation flights. And to get around any refusal by Congress to appropriate the necessary funds, Trump would redirect money in the military budget, as he did in his first term to spend more on a border wall than Congress had authorized.

The enthusiasm isn’t entirely surprising in South Florida, where Trump remains highly popular with Hispanic voters. Several residents at the rally told the Herald that their families migrated to the US legally from Cuba, emphasizing that they oppose illegal immigration specifically.

Trump was also met with fanfare from local officials. At one point during the rally, Hialeah Mayor Esteban “Steve” Bovo joined Trump onstage and promised to name a city street after the former president.

”You’ve always kept your promise to the residents of this great nation,” Bovo said of Trump’s chili hot ambition, “and we’re appreciative.”

~ by Joel on November 13, 2023.

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