Critics Decry Trump’s Alien Deportations Vow but Defenders Say It Can Be Done

MARK TAPSCOTT:

“…WASHINGTON—Critics insist that President Donald Trump’s order to begin mass deportations of illegal aliens next week can’t be done, but a former immigration court judge and other experts interviewed by The Epoch Times claim that ousting a million or more illegal aliens is quite possible.

“It’s not practical to think that our immigration system at this moment in time could handle” the Trump directive, Jennifer Quigley, director of refugee advocacy for Human Rights First, told the Los Angeles Times.

But a closer look at immigration data reveals large groups of illegals in this country who are likely to be relatively easy to remove, including many who will leave on their own, according to a former federal immigration court judge.

“There are about a million aliens who are defying orders for removal who really just need to be picked up, given a plane ticket, and sent home,” said Andrew A. Arthur in an interview on June 19. Arthur, who was an immigration court judge from 2006 to 2014, is now a resident fellow of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)…”

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Doug Santo