"Second Season of Violence" Against Immigrants in the United States
Donald Trump is set to officially begin serving as US president on January 20, and he is expected to take major steps to curb immigration and deport illegal immigrants from the country.
Donald Trump is set to officially begin serving as US president on January 20, and he is expected to take major steps to curb immigration and deport illegal immigrants from the country. Trump's proposals to implement immigration policies, including appointing Tom Homan as "Chief Border Coordinator", have raised concerns among immigrants and some US officials.
In this context, Julian Castro, former US Secretary of State for Housing, indicated that the appointment of Tom Homan to control US borders is the beginning of a "Second Season of Violence" against immigrants.
Castro said: This appointment once again reveals the "heart of violence" and in other words, the heart of evil of Homan and the Trump team against immigrants. They want to humiliate immigrants.
Since the beginning of his election campaign, Donald Trump has consistently declared his intention to deport illegal immigrants and close the US border to new immigrants, especially from Mexico, as one of his key plans. Last month, officials selected people as options to continue the policy of deporting illegal immigrants.
In this context, Rodney Scott, the former head of the Border Patrol, has been appointed acting head of Customs and Border Protection and Caleb Watlow, a longtime employee of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has been appointed director of this office; people who will play a key role in implementing Donald Trump's immigration policies, including his promise to deport millions of illegal immigrants.
The appointment of these individuals comes in a state that has a history of implementing oppressive policies against immigrants, disregarding the human rights of many immigrants. For example, Homan, who previously served as head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, recently outlined plans that signal a return to family detention centers. He has also announced that undocumented parents of children born in the United States should be able to make decisions about family preservation.
Trump in recent weeks has also placed emphasis on implementing his anti-immigration policy and has announced that he will carry out the largest operation to deport illegal immigrants to the United States.
He has even discussed the use of the military in implementing this policy, an issue that has raised a lot of criticism and many have seen the use of the military in implementing this policy as illegal in the United States.
The US president-elect, in his recent statement, has said that he plans to issue an executive order to repeal the citizenship law for those born on American soil.
Under birthright citizenship law, anyone born in the United States, regardless of their parents' immigration status, can become a citizen of this country.
The Trump team has promised to implement anti-immigration policies, such as changing the law, continuing the project to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico, using modern surveillance technologies and increasing the number of Customs and Border Protection officers, and entering into agreements with third countries where migrants seeking asylum must wait in third countries like Mexico.
However, Trump's plans will take a long time to implement due to high costs and a lack of sufficient staff.
On the other hand, many opponents of these policies, including immigrant rights groups, are likely to bring significant legal challenges to Trump's anti-immigrant policies.
It seems that despite all the slogans and the creation of a strong anti-immigrant team, Trump has a difficult path to fulfill his promise to deport illegal immigrants. He will face legal obstacles, human rights defenders and even organizations that employ immigrants who usually accept low wages and even if they are oppressed in the workplace, they have nowhere to run.