A new report by The New York Times and CNN says former United States President, Donald Trump is planning to round up undocumented immigrants already in the US , then place them in detention camps to await deportation should he win the 2024 Presidential polls.
The plan by Trump is seen as an expansion of his first term hardline immigration policies with the report saying he plans to build large camps to house migrants waiting for deportation and tapping federal and local law enforcement to assist with large-scale arrests of undocumented immigrants across the country.
The report says Trump will use a tactic he framed in his first term to secure more funding for a border wall, redirecting funds from the Pentagon if the US congress declines funding the operation.
Trump at a rally in Florida promised to conduct “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history” and argued criminals were coming through the US-Mexico border and warned of “young, strong people that had bad intentions.”
Then he on November 11 vowed to sign an executive order, on Day 1 of a potential second term, to cease funding the provision of shelter and transportation for undocumented immigrants, saying at a rally in New Hampshire that he would redirect a portion of the savings toward “shelter and treatment for our own homeless veterans.”
Trump also accused President Joe Biden of spending more than $1 million to put undocumented immigrants in “some of the most luxurious hotels in the country.
