If former President Donald Trump returns to power, it is known that he will implement stronger anti-immigration policies than during his first term.
The New York Times (NYT) reported on the 11th that former President Trump is preparing a strict immigration policy that will strengthen restrictions on legal immigration as well as illegal immigration.
Since taking office in 2017, former President Trump has implemented policies such as building a wall to prevent the inflow of immigrants on the southern border with Mexico and strengthening the arrest and deportation of illegal immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
According to the NYT, if he wins next year’s presidential election, former President Trump plans to build large-scale detention centres to deport illegal immigrants across the United States. This is a facility to house illegal immigrants arrested by ICE until they are deported to their home countries.
The NYT predicted that if former President Trump’s plan is implemented, millions of illegal immigrants could be deported.
The explanation is that illegal immigrants who have recently immigrated to the United States, including those who recently crossed through the southern border, will be subject to crackdowns. In addition, former President Trump is known to be planning to significantly narrow the scope for legally entering the United States, including student and work visas.
First, former President Trump plans to strengthen inspections to determine whether foreigners have threatening thoughts or attitudes toward the United States when they apply for a U.S. visa. Former President Trump plans to reinvestigate whether immigrants who were allowed to reside in the United States for humanitarian reasons, such as Afghans who escaped from the Taliban and entered the United States as refugees, actually qualify as refugees.
In addition, former President Trump plans to pursue a policy of not granting American citizenship to children of illegal immigrants, even if they were born in the United States.