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| 'Border Patrol, ICE morale surging after Trump election win: 'They know they can get the bad guys now' | |
| 2024-11-13 | |
Morale appears to be surging among border authorities after the election of President-elect Donald Trump, who made border security one of the pillars of his campaign, after nearly four years of relaxed immigration policies that saw record numbers of migrants enter the United States. In addition to strengthening the southern border, Trump has promised to order mass deportations of illegal immigrants. On Monday, he tapped Tom Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE), to serve as "border czar" in his second administration. During an appearance on "Fox & Friends," Homan, who is widely respected within the Border Patrol and ICE, said he plans to fix the border crisis caused by the Biden administration's policies. "I’ve been on this network for years complaining about what this administration did to this border," he said. "I’ve been yelling and screaming about it and what they need to do to fix it. So when the president asked me, ‘Would you come back and fix it?’ Of course, I’d be a hypocrite if I didn’t." Illegal border crossings surged under President Biden with nearly 3 million in fiscal 2024, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s website. There have been more than 10.8 million illegal encounters since fiscal 2021. Homan said he supports Trump's mass deportation plan, saying he would be prioritizing "public safety threats and national security threats." When asked during a recent interview on CBS's "60 Minutes" if mass deportations would result in family separations, Homan responded, "Families can be deported together." U.S. Border Patrol agents and ICE officials told Fox News the change is like night and day. "It’s a total 180. Troops are finally feeling like the sun is coming out after a very long storm," one Massachusetts ICE officer said. "People are fired up to have support. It’s amazing because we all became so numb. I don’t think we realized how bad until we finally have hope again. Everyone is so happy about Homan's return." Another ICE officer in New York said morale was "super high, especially with the Homan news, too." "Ecstatic to go to work! Morale is even higher than the first time he won," an Arizona Border Patrol agent said. "The morale is through the roof," National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez said in an interview. "We’ve received hundreds of calls, texts, emails just saying how happy the agents are." Related: Tom Homan 11/12/2024 CNN - Trump is already wielding power and causing massive disruption Tom Homan 11/11/2024 President Trump Appoints Tom Homan to Position of ‘Border Czar’ in Charge of Deportation Program Tom Homan 11/07/2024 Trump backers, former officials being considered for top posts in 2nd administration | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 Consider themselves unburdened. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-11-13 12:49 |
| #4 /\ Put a mint in their mouths. Bring'em back as contract annuitants. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-11-13 12:47 |
| #3 'Thousands' of Retired ICE Agents, Police Officers Want to Help Restore Order |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-11-13 12:38 |
| #2 More than $31M in meth concealed in shipment of peppers seized at Texas-Mexico border |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-11-13 10:49 |
| #1 Military was reluctant to serve under Harris as commander and chief. Morale now surging with Trump. |
| Posted by: Dale 2024-11-13 03:19 |