Trump’s immigration plan won’t affect Barron Trump’s citizenship
A viral post falsely claims that Donald Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship could affect the citizenship status of his son, Barron Trump.
President-elect Donald Trump is naming the former U.S. Border Patrol chief pushed out by the Biden administration to lead the Customs and Border Protection, which monitors hundreds of ways to enter the country.
Trump’s CBP nominee Rodney Scott is a 29-year border-enforcement veteran who clashed with President Joe Biden’s team on how best to tackle illegal immigration and other border-related matters. He was asked to leave his Border Patrol position within the first six months of Biden taking office in 2021.
Scott’s return signals how seriously Trump is taking his ambitious immigration and border security agenda, which includes launching a mass deportation effort within his first 100 days.
As the border patrol chief during Trump’s first tenure as president, Scott helped implement the Remain in Mexico Policy, Title 42 and Safe Third Country agreements. The president-elect said he was “thrilled” to bring Scott back to public service.
Customs and Border Protection has more than 60,000 federal employees, which makes it one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. It carries the responsibility of inspecting roughly 300 ports of entry, such as airports, seaports and land borders.
That will be a significant role in Trump’s returning administration should he keep his pledge to impose strict tariffs on foreign countries such as Canada, Mexico and China.
Trump has unveiled a host of other appointments as part of his immigration crackdown featuring well-known hardliners such as Caleb Vitello, an assistant director for firearms and tactical programs as acting director of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement; Tony Salisbury as deputy homeland security adviser; and Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, to be ambassador to Chile.
Heather Gonzalez, vice president of American Families United Vice President, a liberal-leaning immigration reform group, said Friday the nominations, “signal a dangerous commitment to continuing and even escalating” policies that could lead to family separation.
“We reject any attempt to further criminalize immigrants, vilify them and break up families for political gain,” Gonzalez said. “The nominees’ track records suggest they will not work to protect the values of family unity and justice that are foundational to our nation. Instead, their leadership will only deepen the wounds inflicted on communities already living in fear and uncertainty.”
But South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who has been plucked to be Trump’s head of the Department of Homeland Security, praised Scott and Vitello’s selection in a social media post Friday, welcoming both to the team.
“Together, we will Make America Safe Again,” Noem said in a post on Truth Social.
Contributing: Josh Meyer
