Trump to Send Troops to Border and List Tren de Aragua as Terrorist Org — as Migrant Caravan Heads to US; Trump to Deploy Military to Border, End Biden Parole Policies in Flurry of Day One Executive Orders
Trump to send troops to border and list Tren de Aragua as terrorist org — as migrant caravan heads to US:
President-elect Donald Trump plans to deploy troops to the US border and designate the Tren de Aragua gang as a foreign terrorist organization as one of his first acts in office on Monday.
The declarations are among 11 border-related executive orders the Republican plans to sign in the first few hours of his presidency, Fox News reported.
The news comes as a caravan of hundreds of migrants makes its way toward the US-Mexico border in hopes of crossing before the Trump administration’s toughest immigration policies take effect.
As part of one of the sweeping executive orders, the US military’s Northern Command (NORTHCOM) will be tasked with border security. An undisclosed number of US troops will be deployed to the border to “prioritize US borders and territorial integrity in strategic planning for its operations.”
“This executive order sends a clear message that the United States intends to exercise its sovereignty over its land and borders and that the armed forces have a role to play in protecting our borders,” a Trump transition source told Fox’s Bill Melugin.
The president-elect also plans to designate organized migrant gangs including Tren de Aragua, from Venezuela, and MS-13, which is Salvadoran, as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists.
Formally recognizing the groups as threats to national security allows the federal government more power to target the group members and those who provide support and resources to them.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott previously demanded “border czar” Vice President Kamala Harris declare Tren de Aragua a terrorist organization back in October in the wake of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray’s brutal rape and murder in Houston — allegedly at the hards of two Tren de Aragua members. —>READ MORE HERE
Trump to deploy military to border, end Biden parole policies in flurry of Day One executive orders:
President-elect Trump on Monday will order the deployment of U.S. troops to the southern border, stamp out Biden-era parole policies and designate international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations — in a slew of nearly a dozen executive orders designed to drastically overhaul U.S. border and immigration policy.
Fox News obtained exclusive details of three of the expected 10 executive orders Trump will sign related to border security and immigration after he is inaugurated.
In one order, Trump will immediately direct the federal government to resume construction of the border wall, which was largely ended under the Biden administration. That order will also end Biden-era parole policies, including the use of the CBP One app to parole migrants into the U.S., and the parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV) — under which 30,000 nationals a month were allowed to fly in and be admitted under parole. Nearly 1.5 million migrants have been allowed in under CHNV and CBP One.
The order will also order government agencies to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), known as the Remain-in-Mexico policy. That Trump-era policy, ended by the Biden administration, required migrants to stay in Mexico for the duration of their asylum hearings.
A second order will order U.S. troops to be deployed to the border under U.S. Northern Command and will “instruct the military to prioritize our own borders and territorial integrity in strategic planning for its operations.” It will direct the military to prioritize U.S. border and territorial integrity in strategic planning.
The Secretary of Defense will be required to provide a Unified Command Plan and military resources will be integrated with federal law enforcement and intelligence “to ensure seamless operations and maximum effectiveness,” according to a fact sheet on the order.
“This Executive Order sends a clear message that the United States intends to exercise its sovereignty over its land and borders and that the Armed Forces have a role to play in protecting our borders,” Fox News is told. —>READ MORE HERE