Former senior Trump administration official Ken Cuccinelli mentioned Monday that President-elect Trump “using the military” will assist drive migrant numbers on the border “down into the dirt.”
Cuccinelli instructed NewsNation’s Blake Burman in an interview on “The Hill” that he believes early subsequent yr, “you will see our military used between legal ports of entry, especially on the southern border, to finally gain control of that border” including that “all immigration, all passage of any kind, will pass through legal ports of entry only.”
Burman mentioned Cuccinelli’s phrases about all immigration and all passage of any sort shifting by way of authorized ports of entry “sounds aspirational,” asking him if he truly believes “that can happen.”
In his response, Cuccinelli mentioned Burman was “right” and that “it’ll never be 100 percent, but it doesn’t need to be to drive the numbers coming to the border down into the dirt,” including that Trump will “do that using the military between the legal ports of entry.”
Trump has beforehand mentioned the army getting used on the “enemy from within,” on the border and presumably versus cartels in Mexico. The president-elect’s platform, often known as Agenda 47, referred to as for “moving thousands of troops currently stationed overseas” to the southern border.
“If you’re sitting in, pick a country in Central or South America, ‘cause they still have the biggest numbers coming into the United States, and you’re asking yourself the question, ‘Am I gonna spend my life savings on some coyote to get me into the United States, when what I see happening at the border is a complete blockage?’” Cuccinelli mentioned on “The Hill.”
“The answer to that is no,” he added.
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