Donald Trump\u2019s border czar on Sunday defended raiding churches and schools as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration while acknowledging that deporting all undocumented people in the United States was not \u201crealistic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump began his second term on Monday with a flurry of executive actions aimed at overhauling US immigration. His administration quickly moved to ramp up deportations, including by relaxing rules governing enforcement actions at \u201csensitive\u201d locations such as schools, churches and workplaces.<\/p>\n
Asked about the rule change, Tom Homan, a former head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tapped to oversee Trump\u2019s hard-line immigration agenda, said on Sunday that it sends a clear message.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s consequences of entering the country illegally. If we don\u2019t show there\u2019s consequences, you\u2019re never going to fix the border problem,\u201d he told ABC News\u2019 \u2018This Week\u2019 programme.<\/p>\n
Such actions would nonetheless be made on a \u201ccase by case\u201d basis, he said, noting that \u201cmany\u201d members of gangs such as MS-13 are teenagers. If there\u2019s a \u201cnational security threat or a public safety threat that\u2019s in one of these facilities, then it should be an option,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, leaders of three Catholic organisations blasted the rule change, saying in a joint statement that \u201cturning places of care, healing and solace into places of fear and uncertainty for those in need\u2026 will not make our communities safer.\u201d<\/p>\n
When pressed on the Catholic opposition, Homan stood firm. \u201cWe\u2019re enforcing laws Congress enacted and the president signed. If they don\u2019t like it, change the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vice President JD Vance, who was also asked about the Catholic pushback in an interview broadcast on Sunday, accused one group of being worried about losing funds in the immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops needs to actually look in the mirror a little bit and recognise that when they receive over $100 million to help resettle illegal immigrants, are they worried about humanitarian concerns? Or are they actually worried about their bottom line?\u201d he told CBS\u2019 \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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