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Trump Border Czar Proposes Immigrant “Hot Line”

&NewLine;<p>Taking the idea of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;if you see something&comma; say something” to a new level&comma; Donald Trump’s incoming &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;border Czar” has proposed creating a hotline that Americans can call in to report illegal immigrants in their neighborhoods&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Tom Homan&comma; the President-elect’s pick to oversee &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the largest deportation operation in American history&comma;” has revealed that the new administration is considering setting up a hotline that would allow Americans to report migrants suspected of committing crimes&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I want a place where American citizens can call and report&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the incoming border czar said of the &&num;8220&semi;fresh idea&&num;8221&semi; being evaluated by the Trump transition team during an interview with NBC News&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We need to take care of the American people&comma;” Homan added&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We need to make sure they have an outlet to help report child traffickers&comma; forced labor traffickers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We want to give them an opportunity to be a part of the fix&period;”&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Homan&comma; the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement&comma; argued that the benefits of mass deporting migrants who have committed crimes while in the US illegally cannot be overstated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think mass deportation and results of mass deportation are more important to this country than anything&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t put a price on all these young women who’ve been raped and murdered&period; I don’t put a price on our national security&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Homan&comma; 63&comma; also teased that the incoming administration would move to shut down the&nbsp&semi;Darien Gap&comma; a treacherous 70-mile stretch of jungle in Panama that serves as the only land bridge between South and Central America&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It needs to happen&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Shutting down the Darien Gap is going to protect our national security&period; It’s going to save thousands of lives&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The popular smuggling route was used by more than 530&comma;000 migrants last year alone as part of caravan voyages destined for the US-Mexico border&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re going to work with the foreign government&comma;” Homan said of how the Trump administration would crack down on illegal crossings at the Darien Gap&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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