IT BEGINS: TRUMP TRANSITION TEAM SEEKS ALL AGENCY RECORDS ON BORDER WALL AND OBAMA IMMIGRATION ORDERS
The transition team also asked for copies of every executive order and directive sent to immigration agents since Obama took office in 2009, according to the memo summarizing the meeting. Trump has said he intends to undo Obama’s executive actions on immigration, including a 2012 order to allow children brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents to remain in the country on temporary authorizations that allow them to attend college and work.
by Geoffrey Grider
NowTheEndBegins.com
January 3, 2017
IN A WIDE-RANGING REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS AND ANALYSIS, PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP’S TRANSITION TEAM ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY LAST MONTH TO ASSESS ALL ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BORDER WALL AND BARRIER CONSTRUCTION.
The team also asked about the department’s capacity for expanding immigrant detention and about an aerial surveillance program that was scaled back by the Obama administration but remains popular with immigration hardliners. And it asked whether federal workers have altered biographic information kept by the department about immigrants out of concern for their civil liberties.
The requests were made in a Dec. 5 meeting between Trump’s transition team and Department of Homeland Security officials, according to an internal agency memo reviewed by Reuters. The document offers a glimpse into the president-elect’s strategy for securing the U.S. borders and reversing polices put in place by the Obama administration.
The Rest…HERE
