Trump pledges ‘largest deportation operation’ in US history if re-elected
Updated: Jun 17th, 2024
Donald Trump, former US president and the Republican candidate for the presidential race in 2024, reportedly promised the ‘largest deportation’ in American history if he comes to power on June 16 at the Michigan convention in the USA.
He reiterated that on the very first day of his presidency, he will begin the largest deportation operation in the nation’s history, to throw ‘radical Islamic terrorists’ out of the USA, reported the media.
“We have no choice, it is not sustainable,” said Trump reportedly.
He called the voters, who will vote in November this year, to make a choice between a ‘President who lets thousands of radical Islamic terrorists into the country’, or ‘a President who throws radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of the country’.
His Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, signed an executive order on June 4 that would immediately turn down requests for entry into the country by asylum-seekers crossing the southern border illegally, in the event that officials deem the border is overwhelmed.
Prior to this order, an illegal immigrant seeking asylum in the US would typically be allowed to temporarily enter the country, where the individual will wait for a court appearance to present a compelling case for the request.
Under the new guidance, the border will reopen to those seeking asylum in the US two weeks after the daily crossings stay at or below 1,500 for seven consecutive days.
Unaccompanied children and victims of human trafficking are exempt from the newly-announced restrictions -- a key part of the executive order which Biden boasted as out of humanitarian considerations. Immigration advocates, however, worry that such an exemption would potentially lead to a drastic increase in children who make the dangerous journey to the border on their own.
In remarks at the White House announcing the executive order, Biden said his measure, the product of weeks of negotiations between Democrats and Republicans, was opposed by some GOP members of Congress because the former president and his election rival, Donald Trump, “told them to”.
“He didn't want to fix the issue” of illegal immigration, Biden said of Trump. “He wanted to use it to attack me,” the president said, lashing out at his political foe by claiming that Trump was engaging in an “extremely cynical political move” that amounted to “a complete disservice” to Americans aspiring their leaders to not weaponize but fix the border.
(With inputs from syndicated feed)
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