Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro (D) harshly criticized incoming “border czar” Tom Homan during an appearance on Friday's show. MSNBC “Morning Joe” He said there was a “cruel heart” behind President-elect Trump's harsh immigration policies.
Homan, who has encouraged undocumented immigrants to leave the U.S. for “voluntary deportation,” said this week that President Trump's mass deportation plan would require family detention centers and halfway houses for children who are U.S. citizens. He also said that it is necessary.
“They're not just being picked up and left and moved thousands of miles away on a whim,” Castro said Friday.
“So I think Tom Homan is right to say something like this. This again shows the brutality that he and people in the Trump administration have towards these immigrants. It just shows a heart, a dark heart.'' They like to dehumanize. ”
President Trump has promised the largest mass deportation in history after he takes office next month, threatening to go after both immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally and, in some cases, those who are in the country legally. He appointed Homan, a career immigration enforcement officer, to help implement and oversee his comprehensive plan.
Homan said in multiple interviews this week that after parents of undocumented children born in the U.S. decide to have children despite their immigration status, it's up to the parents to keep their families together. said.
“And the way he did it was [Homan] “There are also stories that are very clinical and bureaucratic and divorced from the real lives of these people and human beings,” Castro said. “So what we are faced with is the brutality of this regime. I think it means we are facing the second wave.” ”
