Republican governors across the country have pledged to cooperate with President-elect Donald Trump's plan to carry out the largest deportation program in U.S. history.
As part of this year's campaign promise, President Trump will prioritize deporting convicted illegal aliens and implement a broad deportation program that will gradually reach those who have been ordered deported. Thomas Homan, acting director of the Office of Enforcement Enforcement (ICE), was appointed. By a federal immigration judge.
South Carolina's Republican governors, led by Gov. Henry McMaster (R), sent a letter to President Trump this week pledging to support the federal government's plan to deport millions of illegal aliens.
“As a Republican governor, we support President Donald Trump's unwavering commitment to address the illegal immigration crisis and make America safe again by deporting illegal immigrants who pose a threat to our communities and national security. We stand together,” the governors said in a joint statement. statement:
Republican governors remain committed to continuing to fully support the Trump Administration's efforts to deport dangerous criminals, gang members, and terrorists who are in this country illegally. We understand that these criminal illegal immigrants pose a direct threat to public safety and national security, and we will do everything in our power to remove them from our communities.
Together, we will continue to protect the American people, uphold the rule of law, and ensure the safety and security of our country for future generations. We stand ready to use every tool at our disposal, through state law enforcement and the National Guard, to support President Trump in this important mission.
The time for action is now. Together, we will make America safe again.
An estimated 8 million immigrants have been released into the interior of the United States since President Joe Biden took office in late January 2021, but the vast majority do not have valid asylum claims.
According to previous studies, there are currently between 11 million and 22 million illegal aliens living in the United States.
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that under former Presidents Barack Obama and Trump, the average number of deportees per year was about 250,000. He explained in detail that the situation had fluctuated back and forth.
But since Biden took office, the number of deportations per year has fallen to an average of less than 132,000 people, even as a record number of illegal immigrants cross the southern border.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
