Witnesses testify to judiciary committee as top Republican says undocumented people should ‘get ready to leave’ Donald Trump’s vow to carry out the largest deportation campaign in American history would separate families and hurt the economy, witnesses testified during a Tuesday Senate hearing, as a top Republican on the committee warned that undocumented people living in the country should “get ready to leave”.The president-elect has outlined an aggressive second-term immigration agenda that includes plans to declare a national emergency and deploy the US military to round up and expel millions of people living in the country without documentation. Trump has also vowed to end humanitarian protections for millions of people who fled violence, conflict or other disasters in their home country. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/10/trump-deportation-plan-senate-hearing
Author : Lauren Gambino in Washington
Publish date : 2024-12-10 21:25:00
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