By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-20 20:27:31 | Updated at 2024-11-24 00:38:04
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Texas is offering up a huge ranch on the Texas border to president-elect Donald Trump for use in deporting millions of migrants, as the Republican is planning to do starting on day one on his presidency.
The 1,402 acre ranch could be used to build a detention center for migrants, process them or to coordinate the 'largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation's history,' Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said.
'I was brainstorming with my team, and we figured, the Trump Administration probably needs some deportation facilities because we've got a lot of these violent criminals that we need to round up and get the heck out of our country,' Dawn Buckingham, head of the Texas General Land Office, told Fox News.
'We're happy to make this offer and hope they take us up on it.'
Acquired by Texas in October from a private land owner, the site sits in Starr County, about 35 miles west of McAllen.
Lone Star State officials are about to start building another section of the state's version of the border wall on the land, which sits directly on the Rio Grande - the river that separates the US and Mexico and acts as the international boundary.
It's unclear whether Trump will take Buckingham up on her offer to turn the farm land to round up 'violent criminals,' when he becomes the nation's 47th president on Jan. 20.
'We're going to prioritize public safety threats and national security threat because they pose they biggest danger the United States,' incoming border czar Tom Homan said earlier this week.
PICTURED ABOVE: The 1,402 ranch offered to Trump by Texas officials to use for his mass deportations of migrants. The land is located west of McAllen
But it won't just be criminal aliens removed.
While criminal immigrants will be the first to be targeted, the Trump administration plans to deport a lot more than just those found guilty of breaking the law.
As DailyMail.com exclusively reported, Trump's team also plans to target legal migrants, including asylum seekers and those who entered the US with humanitarian parole under the Biden Administration.
'The one group that they are targeting immediately are the fake asylum seekers,' prominent San Antonio Republican Kyle Sinclair shared of his conversations with Homan.
'That was, by far, the one (group) he mentioned to me were the fake-asylum seekers.
'They're known. They have their addresses.'
Additionally, the incoming government is seeking ways to change who is considered an American, by ending birthright citizenship guaranteed under the US Constitution.
Several American cities, including Boston and Los Angeles, have publicly come out and declared they will resist efforts by Trump to round up undocumented immigrants who pay taxes, follow the law and have made a life for themselves in the US.
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham made the offer on Tuesday
Tom Homan, 62, said he hopes Wu, 39, doesn't 'cross the line' when it comes to his and Trump's plans to deport millions of migrants once taking office in January. 'She's not very smart, I’ll give her that,' Homan said
Boston has been a sanctuary city since 2014. Under the Trust Act, it is not required to cooperate with some federal immigration laws (pictured: Haitian migrants in Boston in May)
'We will continue to focus on that work and have no intention of rolling out the welcome mat for them,' Boston mayor Michelle Wu said of her sanctuary city.
'Reaching out to city services, whether it's calling 911 when you need it, or taking your child to school - those are all city services that have nothing to do with immigration enforcement,' she said of migrants.
'And we will continue to protect our residents within those spaces.'
Homan quickly took aim at Wu, warning her not to 'cross the line.'
'She's not very smart, I'll give her that,' Homan, a former police officer, told NewsMax.
'They can not cooperate, but there are certain laws in place that they can't cross and I hope she doesn’t cross it,' he told Newsmax.
