AlterNet: Trump border czar declares he will 'absolutely' need to use 'military and special ops'

[Dennis Donovan]

AlterNet - Trump border czar declares he will 'absolutely' need to use 'military and special ops'

David Badash
November 12, 2024



Donald Trump’s former acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Tom Homan, who has been named the “border czar” for the incoming second Trump administration, says the U.S. Armed Forces and special operations teams will need to be involved in the border efforts President-elect Trump repeatedly promised on the campaign trail.

Trump on Sunday announced Homan will be “in charge of our Nation’s Borders,” and “will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin,” CBS News reported.

“You absolutely need military and special ops,” Homan told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo Tuesday morning, citing Mexican drug cartels. Homan added, “President Trump has said he’s going to declare these cartels terrorist organizations.”

“So is the U.S. Military involved here, Tom?” Bartiromo had asked. “Are you hoping that the military helps, because you’re dealing with some really serious uh serious people on the other side, as President Trump once called them, these ‘bad hombres.’ I’m talking about the drug cartels.”

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Tuck Frump
‪@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social‬

November 12, 2024 at 12:53 PM

https://bsky.app/profile/realtuckfrumper.bsky.social/post/3larfluz3zi2i

[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump's pals, Russia and China are involved in the drug cartels.

Let's see what happens.

[yardwork]

5. More criminals were deported under Biden.

Coincidence? I think not.

Trump accused Biden and Harris of letting criminals in. Every accusation is a confession.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Trump could make a great deal of money working with drug cartels

and human trafficking networks.

He could get a cut of their profits by offering them free rein and protection.

China and Russia have been doing this.
China sends raw materials to Mexico for the drug cartels to make the finished product.
Putin involves himself with bad actors all over the planet.

[yardwork]

8. I'm fairly sure that Trump is involved in human trafficking.

There are plenty of indicators. Where did all those children separated at the border go? Sold to people as slaves, probably. Sold to sex traffickers.

The man is pure evil and he surrounds himself with evil.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Yes I think they were trafficked too.

Or sold to rich white couples.

Trump and Epstein were very close for a long time.
Epstein was a big trafficker in the sex trade.
Rich men could get whatever they desired for the right price.
No questions asked.

Trump didn't miss any of this.

[Johonny]

2. That sounds expensive

[MineralMan]

3. That man's face is the perfect illustration of the word "Asshole."

Yup!

[Buckeyeblue]

4. So is this how the civil war starts?

Military operations in our cities. Fighting in the streets. Some cities will push back and be declared domestic terrorists. Military will have orders to fight through any resistance. People will organize and fight back. And then Fighting escalates.

[yardwork]

6. Apparently not. More than half the voters obeyed in advance.

[Dem4life1234]

9. He looks evil

The biggest terrorists are those living here. Yeah like the ones who stormed the Capitol and beat up cops?

[Solly Mack]

11. They'll ship people to GTMO.

[Bettie]

12. Or just put them in large enclosures

and get MAGAt gun nuts to pay to get to shoot them.

ETA: Before you say "that's crazy talk!".

Think about who is in charge of our country now, think hard and then tell me that it won't happen. They are a death cult.

[Solly Mack]

13. I don't put anything past a government bent on committing a crime. All in the name of national security, of course.

[RJ_MacReady]

14. blue states

Need to resist and outright refuse to cooperate or allow federal soldiers in their states. Use their own national guard to assist if needed.

[NickB79]

15. In the days after the election, some DUers assured us that mass deportations weren't a real threat

The business community will riot! It's too big, too complex! They'll only deport a few thousand, not millions! They'd never risk crops rotting in the fields!

At this point, we should take everything Trump and Project 2025 said as dead serious. Not hype, not exaggerations. Millions deported. A wall on the border. Unannounced raids on places employing immigrants. Denaturalization. Mass detention camps on the border. Armed military patrols with permission to fire upon "drug cartel members" that will inevitably end up being bullet-riddled, unarmed women and children.

They're hellbent on doing what they said they'd do, results be damned.

[NEOH]

16. His face looks so punchable!! nt