Media reported difficulties for Trump in executing plans to expel migrants

US President-elect Donald Trump will find it extremely difficult to fulfill plans to expel illegal migrants. This was reported by The Hill on December 25.

The publication noted that Trump doesn't have the manpower to match his rhetoric - suggesting that any of the estimated 13 million illegal migrants in the country could face deportation.

"The question is whether he's really going to pursue a deportation program as extensive as he described it, because the reality of what he described would be pretty devastating to the national economy and workforce," commented Veronica Escobar, a member of the US House of Representatives.

It is noted that Trump is inheriting a super-powerful immigration enforcement apparatus with broad powers to find reasons to deport people, given that the Biden administration reached a 10-year high with 271,484 deportations in 2024.

The newspaper estimates that Trump will need an astronomical budget increase to implement his plan.

Trump will have a tough task when it comes to implementing the volume of deportations promised to voters, as it will require an astronomical budget increase in addition to dealing with logistical, legal and political challenges.

Earlier, on December 22, Trump promised to close the U.S. border to illegal aliens on his first day in office. In addition, the future head of state announced the largest deportation of migrants in the history of the United States.

On that day, CNN reported that Trump's team is exploring ways to abolish birthright US citizenship. In private conversations, his allies are working on strategies including ordering the State Department not to issue passports to children born to undocumented parents and tightening requirements for tourist visas to combat birth tourism, the story said.

Before that, on Nov. 5, Trump, at that time still a presidential candidate, said in his final speech before the election that the US is an occupied country because of migrants. He promised to "save" every city and town that had been "invaded and conquered." Later that month, the Republican confirmed that his administration would be prepared to use the military and declare a state of emergency to mass deport illegals.

In February, Fox News reported that 7.2 million illegal migrants have entered the United States during the presidency of current U.S. leader Joe Biden, more than the population of any of the 36 possible states.