By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-01 01:31:31 | Updated at 2025-01-03 22:13:03
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The head of the National Border Patrol Council is warning Democrats that Donald Trump is going to keep his promises on mass deportations to clean up the border.
NBPC president Paul Perez, who endorsed Trump in October, represents over 18,000 who work at protecting America at the border.
Trump made a key element of his platform a multi-billion dollar mass deportation plan targeting the millions of people residing in the US illegally.
In an interview, Perez said the leaders in Democrat cities in states who have promised resistance should stand back and let the president-elect do what he promised.
'They're going to do the job of protecting Americans,' he said of the Trump Administration, which includes 'Border Czar' Tom Homan and Interior Secretary nominee Kristi Noem.
'And so it would be incumbent upon those sanctuary cities and jurisdictions to understand one thing: Federal law supersedes state law. Any municipality, anybody that's going to get in the way is going to be dealt with.'
He further advised that Trump had made a promise to the voters that he was going to get this done no matter the cost.
'They need to take this incoming administration at its word because they're going to have some of the best legal minds working within the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. So it's not something that they're taking lightly. They're going to do the job.'
The head of the National Border Patrol Council is warning Democrats that Donald Trump is going to keep his promises on mass deportations to clean up the border
Democrats nationwide have made exaggerated promises of how they plan to resist the Trump agenda.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has demanded the state 'Trump-proof' its laws after Trump won a second term.
A spokesperson for Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro told Newsweek he will 'never back down from defending Pennsylvanians' fundamental freedoms.'
Mayor of Denver Mike Johnston has warned that potential resistance to Trump's proposed immigration policies could compare to the infamous 1989 Tiananmen square protests in China.
Johnston has said he's ready and willing to be arrested for defying the incoming administration.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently said he would uphold his state's sanctuary policies and declared that: 'If you come for my people, you come through me'.
Meanwhile, the city of Los Angeles reaffirmed its sanctuary status on Tuesday, with Mayor Karen Bass declaring that 'immigrant protection make our communities stronger and our city better'.
Trump clinched the presidential election after a campaign that promised large-scale deportations of undocumented migrants and a return to fast-tracked deportations to Mexico, in addition to halting entries across the US border with Mexico.
Trump made a key element of his platform a multi-billion dollar deportation plan targeting the millions of people residing in the US illegally
Trump clinched the presidential election after a campaign that promised large-scale deportations of undocumented migrants and a return to fast-tracked deportations to Mexico, in addition to halting entries across the US border with Mexico
The president-elect's proposed immigration policies also include ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants.
During his previous administration, between 2017 and 2021 Trump put in place policies that left hundreds of thousands of migrants stranded in camps along the Mexican border, reshaping U.S. immigration politics.
More than 3,000 Mexican migrants were pictured marching towards America on Election Day earlier this month after Trump vowed to carry out 'the largest deportation operation' in American history'.
US Border Patrol was aware the election could trigger mass migrations of asylum seekers, according to sources who told that the migrants wanted to arrive in the country as 'one last f*** you to America' before Trump takes office.
'Border Czar' Tom Homan said all people residing in the US illegally would be targeted by the campaign, noting: 'Bottom line: if you come to the country illegally, you're not off the table.'
Homan, who was head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Trump's first stint in the White House, said he would revive the president elect's 'remain in Mexico' program, in which Mexicans would have their asylum applications processed on their side of the border.
He also promised to close the southern border and build a wall - another flagship Trump pledge.
Trump has vowed to tackle migrant gangs using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 - which allows the federal government to round up and deport foreigners belonging to enemy countries - as part of a mass deportation drive he christened 'Operation Aurora.'
Aurora was the scene of a viral video showing armed Latinos rampaging through an apartment block that spurred sweeping, false narratives about the town being terrorized by Latin American migrants.
