President-elect Trump plans to reassign ICE officers back into the field: Report

PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP PLANS TO RE-ASSIGN US IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO’VE BEEN WORKING DESK JOBS UNDER THE BIDEN-ADMINISTRATION BACK INTO THE FIELD, ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK POST.

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WORKING AT A WEST COAST FIELD OFFICE AND AN EAST COAST FIELD OFFICE TOLD THE POST THEY ESTIMATE 60-70% OF THEIR OFFICERS ARE CURRENTLY STUCK BEHIND THE DESK, FILING PAPERWORK, RATHER THAN MAKING ARRESTS OF UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS WHO CROSSED THE US SOUTHERN OR NORTHERN BORDERS ILLEGALLY.

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, TRUMP VOWED TO IMPLEMENT MASS DEPORTATIONS OF UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS AS US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION NUMBERS SHOW BORDER AGENTS ENCOUNTERED NEARLY 11-MILLION MIGRANTS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS – AND CRITICS ARGUE, THE NUMBER IS MUCH HIGHER.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS  REPORTED ON LEADERS OF SO-CALLED “SANCTUARY CITIES” WHO SAID THEY WOULD NOT COOPERATE WITH THE INCOMING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ORDERS.

“LAPD WILL PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY,” LOS ANGELES’ NEWLY SWORN IN POLICE CHIEF JIM MCDONNELL SAID. “LAPD OFFICERS WILL NOT TAKE ACTION TO DETERMINE A PERSON’S IMMIGRATION STATUS, AND WILL NOT ARREST SOMEONE FOR THEIR STATUS, AND LAPD WILL NOT ASSIST WITH MASS DEPORTATIONS.”

“WE’RE GONNA DEFEND THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY,” CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAID DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE. “BECAUSE LOOK, HIS ATTACK, LET’S BE VERY CLEAR. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS THREAT IS NOT JUST TOWARDS NEW ARRIVALS AND UNDOCUMENTED FAMILIES. HIS THREATS ARE ALSO AGAINST BLACK FAMILIES.”

NOW, TRUMP’S NEW “BORDER CZAR” TOM HOMAN IS PROMISING TO FLOOD SANCTUARY CITIES WITH ICE AGENTS.

“I’VE SEEN SOME OF THESE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS WHO SAY THEY’RE GOING TO STAND IN THE WAY, THEY’RE GONNA MAKE IT HARD FOR US,” HOMAN SAID WHILE APPEARING ON ‘FOX AND FRIENDS’ EARLIER THIS WEEK. “WELL, A SUGGESTION. IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HELP US, GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE WE’RE GONNA DO IT. IF WE CAN’T GET ASSISTANCE FROM NEW YORK CITY AND WE MAY HAVE TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF AGENTS WE SEND TO NEW YORK CITY BECAUSE WE’RE GONNA DO THE JOB!”

ACCORDING TO ICE’S BUDGET OVERVIEW, THERE ARE JUST OVER 21-THOUSAND ICE EMPLOYEES, HOWEVER, THERE ARE DOZENS OF OPEN POSITIONS AT EACH ICE OFFICE THAT NEED FUNDING IN ORDER TO FILL THEM, THE POST REPORTS.

HOMAN SAYS HIS FIRST WEEK IN THE POSITION, HE’LL VISIT THE US NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BORDERS AND MEET WITH BORDER AGENTS AND PERSONNEL TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO GET THEIR JOB DONE.