This time, there is no question of groping in the corridors of the federal state, nor of respecting the traditional decision-making circuits. Less than a week after his victory in the presidential election, on November 5, Donald Trump wants to move quickly on all fronts: the first appointments, bringing Congress into line, contacts with foreign leaders, as if Joe Biden was already deleted. “Loyalty is everything”summarized Steve Bannon, former special advisor to the president, released from prison shortly before the election and once again became the incendiary host of the very influential podcast “The War Room”.
After the expected designation of Susie Wiles, his campaign manager, as head of his future cabinet at the White House, Donald Trump would have chosen Representative Mike Waltz (Florida), veteran of the National Guard, as national security adviser, according to the American press. He would also prepare to appoint Senator Marco Rubio, also from Florida, as secretary of state. These two profiles hardly represent a break with traditional views of the Republican Party.
But Donald Trump’s priority for now is to implement his promise: “The largest expulsion operation in history. » The president-elect thus hopes to reverse the disastrous migratory pressure suffered under the Biden era, long underestimated by the Democrat, i.e. a total of 8.7 million arrests at the Mexican border since 2021 (the same person can be checked several times). times).
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In a message on his Truth Social network on Sunday, November 10, Donald Trump confirmed the designation of Tom Homan as head of the borders. Former director of the federal immigration control agency (ICE), he will not need confirmation in the Senate to occupy this position attached to the executive, which confirms Donald Trump’s haste in this symbolic and his contempt for traditional procedures.
There are an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States, contributing significantly to the country’s economy. The Trump team views this issue as a pyramid, with varying levels of urgency. According to official figures from ICE, in July 2024, nearly 425,000 undocumented people with criminal convictions were counted, including 13,000 for homicide. They will be the first targeted. During the campaign, Donald Trump claimed that they entered US territory during the Biden administration. What is wrong. This figure concerns a very long period (several decades), therefore also his own presidency.
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