The New Yorker:

To carry out the new Administration’s immigration agenda, the “border czar” is counting on the enthusiasm of local law enforcement.

By Jessica Pishko

One of Donald Trump’s main campaign promises—one that was printed on signs at the Republican National Convention and at Trump rallies across the country—was mass deportation. In November, Trump announced that Tom Homan, the architect of family separation during his first term, would be his pick to see this promise through, as a “border czar.” Homan is enthusiastic about the task ahead of him. “They ain’t seen shit yet,” he said in July. The effort would look less like “mass sweeps” and more like “targeted arrests,” he said recently on “60 Minutes.” “We’ll know who we’re going to arrest, where we’re most likely to find ’em based on numerous inve—you know, investigative processes.”

Both Trump and Homan have indicated that local law enforcement would be involved in carrying out the mass-deportation plan. Ryan Zinke, a Republican representative for Montana, who served as Trump’s first Secretary of the Interior, declared, “The sheriffs know the bad characters.” And there’s an advantage to the county sheriff in particular: nearly all of them are elected officers who are not beholden to other officials, even blue-state governors, many of whom have shown a willingness to work with Trump anyway.

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