As the countdown to inauguration day continues, President-elect Donald Trump and his team are releasing a series of videos, the latest of which was exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller.
The video, titled "Make America Secure Again," outlines Trump's ambitious plans to bolster national security during his second term in office.
According to the Daily Caller, the video features Trump promising to terminate the "open border policy" of the Biden administration on his first day back in the White House. "I will stop the invasion on our southern border and begin the largest domestic deportation operation in American history," Trump declares, as images of his visits to the southern border play in the background.
The video further outlines Trump's plans to dismantle criminal networks that are "ravaging our towns." The President-elect pledges to "launch a federal task force to dismantle the gangs, the street crews, and the criminal networks," while also supporting the police, strengthening the military, and building a missile defense shield around the country.
Addressing the border crisis was a cornerstone of Trump's 2024 campaign. During the Biden administration, approximately 8.5 million encounters occurred along the U.S.-Mexico border. Although illegal border crossings dropped to their lowest levels by September, this decline only followed the fiscal years 2023 and 2024, which were the worst and second worst years for inadmissible alien encounters in U.S. history.
While campaigning, Trump pledged to complete the U.S.-Mexico border wall, revive the Remain in Mexico program, hire additional Border Patrol agents, and reinstate the travel ban. He also promised to implement the "largest deportation program in American history" and introduce a plan to end birthright citizenship for children born to illegal migrant parents on American soil.
Following his election victory in 2024, Trump appointed former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tom Homan as his "border czar." In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated that Homan would be responsible for "all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin," and would address issues at both the northern and southern borders, as well as oversee "maritime and aviation security."
Trump has also selected Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security, Caleb Vitello to lead ICE, and Rodney Scott to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection. These appointments are expected to play a key role in the administration's efforts to resolve the southern border crisis.
Homan, in a previous statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation, expressed his readiness to take on the challenge, stating, "We're going to take the handcuffs off ICE and let them do what they do best." This sentiment underscores the administration's commitment to a robust and proactive approach to national security, a cornerstone of conservative values.
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