Trump returns immigration enforcement

 Washington Times:

President-elect Donald Trump picked two men Thursday with deep immigration-enforcement experience as his nominees to run the two key enforcement agencies that handle the border and deportations.

He named Rodney Scott, a former chief of the Border Patrol and a severe critic of the Biden team, to be head of Customs and Border Protection. And he tapped Caleb Vitello, a long-time deportation officer, to run U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Mr. Scott is a particularly bold choice.

The Biden administration ousted him from the Border Patrol chief’s job in 2021 after he complained about their more relaxed approach to border security. He has also been a major voice in warning of potential terrorism concerns among the millions of illegal immigrants who have streamed into the county over the last four years.

Mr. Vitello currently runs ICE’s Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs, and has previously run ICE’s national fugitive operations, which is a key component of the agency’s deportation operations.


ICE officers had been hoping Mr. Trump would tap someone from within the deportation side of the agency rather than from Homeland Security Investigations, which is less closely connected to the immigration-enforcement mission.

Those on both sides of the debate saw the picks as a sign of Mr. Trump’s intention to follow through with his pledge of increased deportations and better all-around enforcement.
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Polling showed that Biden's open borders policy was one of the reasons why the Democrats were defeated in 2024.  Americans want the borders defended and it looks like Mexico is willing to cooperate now.  The Canadian border has also been a trouble point under Biden as people from around the world traveled there to get into the US. 

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