Julián Castro: Trump's border czar embodies 'dark heart' of administration's immigration policy
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro (D) sharply criticized incoming “border czar” Tom Homan during a Friday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe," saying a "heart of cruelty" is behind President-elect Trump's strident immigration policies.
Homan, who has encouraged undocumented immigrants to "self-deport" out of the U.S., said this week that family detention centers will be necessary to carry out Trump's mass deportation plans, with halfway houses needed for children who are U.S. citizens.
“They’re not picking up and leaving and moving somewhere thousands of miles away just on a whim,” Castro said Friday.
“So for Tom Homan to say that, I think just — it just shows you, again, the heart of cruelty, the dark heart that he and the Trump administration folks have for these migrants. They like to dehumanize them.”
Trump has pledged the largest mass deportation in history after he takes office next month, threatening to go after both immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally and, in some cases, legally. He's tapped Homan, a career immigration enforcer, to help implement and oversee his sweeping plans.
In multiple interviews this week, Homan said it's up to the undocumented parents of U.S.-born children whether their families stay together after they made the decision to have kids despite their immigration status.
“And the way that he [Homan] speaks there is also very clinical and bureaucratic, disconnected from the real life of these people, of these human beings," Castro said. "So I think that what we are in for is we’re in for cruelty part two in this administration."
Topics
-
Maga v Musk: Trump camp divided in bitter fight over immigration policy
Feud flared up when president-elect chose Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-born entrepreneur, as his AI adviser. Bitter in-fighting has broken out between the tech billionaire Elon Musk and Donald ...The Guardian - 15h -
Trump's 'border czar' says family detention centers could play a role in deportation effort
Tom Homan, whom Donald Trump has chosen to oversee immigration and border security, said using detention centers for migrant families is still being discussed.NBC News - 1d -
The costs of Trump "border czar" Tom Homan's plan to bring back migrant family detentions
In an interview with the Washington Post Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump's "border czar" pick Tom Homan said he was open to reintroducing family detention centers and that detained migrants ...CBS News - 17h -
President-elect Trump's "border czar" details immigration plans
President-elect Donald Trump's incoming "border czar" Tom Homan told The Washington Post that under the incoming administration, immigration authorities will again put families with children in ...CBS News - 19h -
Trump's "border czar" details plans to reintroduce migrant family detention centers
Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump's incoming "border czar," told the Washington Post in an interview this week that Trump's new administration plans to revive the controversial practice of ...CBS News - 1d -
No ‘price tag’ for mass deportations, says incoming border czar
“What price do you put on national security? I don't think it has a price tag,” Homan said.The Hill - 1d -
Trump border czar floats halfway houses for children of migrants
President-elect Trump’s "border czar" Tom Homan said in a Thursday interview that halfway homes for children of non-U.S. citizens may be a necessary part of Trump's plans for mass deportation of ...The Hill - 1d -
Family detentions to return in migration crackdown, says Trump ‘border czar’
Tom Homan also said that undocumented parents of US-born children will be deported, with or without their kids. US immigration authorities will resume the controversial policy of putting families ...The Guardian - 1d -
Trump ‘border czar’ plans to reinstate family detention centers
Tom Homan, the incoming “border czar” for President-elect Trump’s administration, said in an interview with The Washington Post published Thursday he will reinstate policies that hold families in ...The Hill - 1d
More from The Hill
-
American Marc Fogel formally classified as wrongfully detained in Russia
The Hill - 6h -
Texas blocks Biden from disposing of border wall materials before Trump takes office
The Hill - 7h -
Most Americans partly blame high insurance profits for UnitedHealthcare CEO killing: Poll
The Hill - 7h -
Greg Gumbel, sports broadcast legend, dies at 78 after cancer battle
The Hill - 8h -
Leon Panetta suggests it's 'pretty clear' Russia 'responsible' for Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
The Hill - 9h