Donald Trump‘s team is examining the possibility of deporting illegal migrants to Rwanda in a process similar to the ditched Conservative policy.
While the expulsion of illegal immigrants was a focal point of Trump’s election campaign, the precise details of how he intends to accomplish his goal of removing as many as 20 million people from US soil have largely remained unknown.
However, one option he is reportedly considering is ‘third-party safe countries’, similar to Rishi Sunak‘s now abandoned Rwanda plan, in which migrants who crossed the Channel illegally were to be flown to Rwanda to seek asylum there instead.
A source close to Trump’s camp told the Sun on Sunday: ‘Trump campaigned on a promise to crack down on illegal immigration – and he is determined to stick to it.
‘His team is looking at the Rwanda scheme. He is considering deporting illegal migrants to Rwanda and other countries so they cannot stay on American soil.’
However, any attempt to deport migrants to Rwanda is likely to be challenged in the courts in a similar way to the UK government’s attempt.
Donald Trump ‘s team is examining the possibility of deporting illegal migrants to Rwanda in a process similar to the ditched the Conservative policy
Immigrants line up at a remote U.S. Border Patrol processing center after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border
While the expulsion of illegal immigrants was a focal point of Trump’s election campaign, the precise details of how he intends to accomplish his goal of removing as many as 20 million people from US soil have largely remained unknown
The Mail on Sunday has also reported that once in the Oval office after inauguration day Trump will immediately sign a series of executive orders, the most radical of which will be to close the border.
Citing an immigration crisis, he will temporarily shut the southern border to give officials a chance to clear a huge backlog of cases.
Trump claims that the Joe Biden administration allowed more than 10 million people to illegally enter the US, bringing the total number of illegal immigrants to 20 million.
A source told the Mail on Sunday: ‘Trump isn’t a monster. He understands many asylum seekers may face death if they have to return to their country of origin. There will be safe third-party countries which will house these people at some cost to the US taxpayers. But they will be the exception, not the rule.’
Mr Trump has recently nominated Tom Homan to be his border czar, with the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), having strong views on migration.
Earlier this year when asked if there was any way to prevent illegal adults from being separated from their children who are US citizens he replied ‘yes, they can all be deported together.’
On top of that he warned: ‘No one’s off the table. If you’re here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to Thomas Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during a round table meeting with members of law enforcement
Migrants wait between barbed wire near the US border wall, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 26 May 2024
Thomas Homan (pictured) warned: ‘No one’s off the table. If you’re here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder’
Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather near the border wall after crossing a razor wire fence deployed to inhibit their crossing into the United States, while members of the Texas National Guard stand guard, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Trump has become the first president in over 130 years – and only the second in history – to win a non-consecutive second term.
His defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris marks a remarkable return for a twice-impeached president, who left office in 2021 on the back of claims that he had incited an assault on the U.S. Capitol building, and who was convicted earlier this year on multiple counts of business fraud.
The 78-year-old Trump will also become the oldest president ever inaugurated, beating President Joe Biden’s record by five months.
In the end, Trump won the electoral college by a thumping 86-vote margin, swept all seven battleground states, and made consequential gains in blue cities and suburbs and among Latino and black voters.