Trump administration set to deport 1 million targeted undocumented immigrants

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Daily News

With no immigration reform from Congress, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is set to deport one million undocumented immigrants who’ve been denied asylum or are considered dangerous.

President Trump had set a two-week deadline for Congress to come up with asylum reforms on June 22. Now, ICE is “ready to just perform their mission, which is to go and find, detain and then deport the approximately one million people who have final removal orders,” acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ken Cuccinelli said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday.

“They’ve been all the way through the due process and have final removal orders,” he said of the targeted migrants.

Cuccinelli said the deportation halt had clogged the immigration system, and was contributing to massive numbers of migrants being detained at border facilities.

Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-trump-cuccinelli-deport-1-million-undocumented-immigrants-20190707-vygftnsjo5dtvek3q324zfyfvy-story.html

[forgotmylogin]

1. Where are they planning to put them all while they're being detained?

Do they plan to "concentrate" a million people in some sort of "camp" that isn't called a "concentration camp"?

[JohnnyRingo]

10. I was wondering the same thing.

Knowing how Trump's mind works, I guessing New Mexico.

[BamaRefugee]

2. So how do you transport one million people ANYWHERE, logistically, and why should any country allow

the deportees, OR the vehicles they're being transported in, across their border???
What is it gonna be, a bunch of Greyhound busses, with gun turrets attached, blazing their way out of National City, California, and into Tijuana?
And then what? Mexican customs would deny the busses the opportunity to exit Mexico, confiscate them, and all major Mexican cities would have new transit systems set up in a few months?
And of course, all of the bus drivers will be brave 'Murican patriots who don't mind spending the rest of their lives inside a Mexican prison...

[Sedona]

16. Box cars?

[Cosmocat]

34. These idiots would not be able to pull something like this off with 1,000 people ...

Their frenetic graft and self enrichment is matched only by their rank incompetence.

[alwaysinasnit]

3. Logistical impossibility. And I highly doubt that 1 million people have final removal orders.

[fleur-de-lisa]

21. Agreed. This is just terrorism, plain and simple.

[AlexSFCA]

27. it's very possible. Obama deported millions

it took time. But this actually makes sense to me as the law is the law and the folks have gone through deportation proceedings and are marked for removal due to illegally residing in the country. Every developed country does that, e.g. Canada is very strong on this with very fast removal. We are far less efficient.

[alwaysinasnit]

30. True, however, the immigration courts are working on enormous backlogs. The last time I was there

about 18 months ago, the wait time for a merit hearing was over 5 years. There doesn't seem to be any way to process these backlogs quickly and comply with due process requirements at the same time.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. What could possibly go wrong.....

when you disrupt the lives and livelihood of a million people very quickly to score political points?

And, the part Americans will not see is what happens to these people at the other end of their journey.

KY...... ........

[msongs]

5. will he be the first president to deport one million undocumented immigrants? nt

[BamaRefugee]

8. No, but he's hinting that he's booting them out tout de suite, hoy mismo, mach schnell, not over...

...a period of years...

[Jose Garcia]

23. President Obama deported 2.5 million from 2009 to 2015

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/obamas-deportation-policy-numbers/story%3fid=41715661

[Mr.Bill]

6. Logistically impossible.

[Cosmocat]

35. For these idiots

yes ...

[Capt. America]

7. How on earth are you going to be able to physically move one million people. Lies.

[BamaRefugee]

9. Over a period of years, not really a problem, Obama "deported" 2.5 million, verified by Snopes

[dalton99a]

13. +1. This is a little publicized fact.

[Farmer-Rick]

18. Do you have a link?

I can only find 1.5 million departed by Obama with a maximum per year of 400,000 and NO info (except on fake news sites) of how many are convicted criminals that Trump is deporting.

[dalton99a]

19. ABC News:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obamas-deportation-policy-numbers/story?id=41715661
Obama Has Deported More People Than Any Other President
Aug 29, 2016, 2:05 PM ET

[Farmer-Rick]

20. Thanks, I tried to find it but couldn't.

[AlexSFCA]

28. we have to rub it into trumps face: Obama deported more illegal aliens than trump

way to hurt his ego

[BamaRefugee]

11. The fast food industry in SoCal will go bankrupt. Heart attacks will cease to be a problem. WIN.

[fleur-de-lisa]

22. Construction projects in New Orleans will come to a screeching halt.

Not a win because it’s already slower than any other place I’ve ever lived.

[AlexSFCA]

31. they will accelerate automation

you don’t need a human to flip a burger any more than you need a barista to make espresso. Large scale automation of fast food industry is coming.

[MFM008]

12. He will do it

To get the subject off EPSTEIN/MUELLER.

[Eugene]

14. Logistical impossibility aside, how does he think he's going to fund this?

Unless Trump intends to completely shred both Article 1 and the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution, there is no way in Hell that he can divert the funds, infrastructure and humanpower to round up a million people. And he has already tried and failed to do this on a small scale.

Either Trump has made a complete break from reality or he's tossing the most obvious kind of red meat to his base.

[B Stieg]

15. "Immigrants who've been denied asylum or are considered dangerous."

Yeah, just those. I bet.

[The Mouth]

24. In all fairness,

if they've committed a crime, such as DUI, or ANYTHING violent or involving a weapon, or using someone else's SSN, then boot them.

If I were living somewhere else, either in an undocumented state or as a refugee, damned right I'd obey EVERY law.

I've had two friends who have had their lives fucked up because their social security numbers were taken, quite frankly zero mercy or sympathy for that.

[MichMan]

26. Thank you, so many here ignore identity theft as being a crime

[The Mouth]

38. I'd like to see it happen to anyone who thinks it isn't a CRIME.

Immigration is one thing; our system is racist and fucked up.

Using someone's identity and screwing up their life is another. Anyone doing it, regardless of reason and circumstance should be held accountable. Just like driving under the influence or physically harming another person in other than self defense- there's no justification, no excuse, and anyone doing it is a fucking criminal.

[AlexSFCA]

29. how do you think they earn a living?

When you are in the country illegally and need to earn a living, it’s probably extremely difficult to do without some violations. Although, most of it is probably on those who employ them. The smartest way to combat illegal immigration is to enforce laws against those who hire them which should apply to both companies and individuals. If nobody can hire them, you’ll see congress pass comprehensive immigration reform rather quickly as the need for unskilled labor would become evident and worker visas would be granted to those who are here illegally.

[The Mouth]

40. IF either side actually cared to do anything

As you correctly note, there would be major fines for employing ANYONE of undocumented status. $10K a day per violation would get the attention of greedy contractors, lax megastores and individual homeowners.

No need to do *anything* to the undocumented person at all.

sure, some would just function on cash, and a few slick ones could work around it by fraud.

But there is a solution, however almost nobody of either party wants to actually implement it.

[LanternWaste]

37. in all fairness, those imaginary lines on a map are more important than people.

Because... <space provided free of charge here for rationalization pretending to be something other than what it is>

[The Mouth]

39. Because..

It's a fucking crime, no matter the reason, justification, or circumstances. Lines on a map have nothing to do with the fact is screws up an innocent person's life. As with DUI, or animal abuse, anyone doing it should do time and/or be kicked the fuck out of here.

Just like some asshole driving without insurance who causes an injury accident, I don't give a fuck about the reason, I don't care about their immigration status, where they came from, the color of their skin, or their circumstances. Some shit is just wrong to do and the people who do it should be punished, no ifs, ands or buts.

[ashredux]

17. They will round up a couple of 100 folks and call it a 100,000.....all theater

[cntrfthrs]

25. I wonder how many of the 'illegal immigrants'...

are european???

[procon]

32. And where did Trump find all the extra funds?

Trump is lying!

He doesn't have any additional pot-O-gold to pay for his white pride events. Without money who is going to pay for his photo ups?

The money to put together investigations, searches, arrests, transport, house, feed and court costs for a million people isn't in the cookie jar.

Maybe he can pull off a couple of high profile media events and haul in a few terrified families with crying kids so he can act like a tough guy, but not millions. He lied.

[jcmaine72]

33. Using what, cattle cars?

All that's missing is the meeting at Wannsee.

[secondwind]

36. This brings to mind the young man in Iowa or Utah

Who was two weeks away from graduating from high school. He had been brought to this country as a two year old.

They dumped him in a border town, and he was dead in two weeks.