Trump's Border Czar Issues a Warning to Dem Politicians Pledging to Shelter Illegal Aliens

Matt Vespa / Townhall Tipsheet 

President-elect Donald J. Trump announced his former acting head for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tom Homan, is coming back as the border czar. It won’t be a ceremonial title for liberal media propaganda purposes a la Kamala Harris. Homan is going to seek and deport as many illegal aliens as possible, and there’s not much anyone can do about it (via ABC News): 

 

While Homan has promised to execute "the biggest deportation operation this country has ever seen," he has also acknowledged the breadth of that operation largely depends on how much money Congress provides for it. 

With Republicans about to control both the House and Senate, the new Trump administration could have significant flexibility to conduct its operation. But "it all depends on the resources we're given," especially because a bigger operation needs more officers and more detention beds for those being deported, Homan has said. Read more, see XS and videos here.

Trump-district House Democrat loses Alaska seat to political scion

Elizabeth Elkind, Sarah Rumpf-Whitten / Fox News

Conservative Republican Nick Begich has won a tight race for Alaska’s lone seat in the House of Representatives, according to the Associated Press.

Begich defeated his main rival, Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, the first Native Alaskan in Congress, and one of only five House Democrats currently representing a district won by President-elect Trump in 2020.

The win widens the Republican majority in the House to 219 and 213 for Democrats.

The GOP candidate is no stranger to politics, having been born into a prominent political family in Alaska – made up of mostly Democrats.

His grandfather, Nick Begich, Sr., was an Alaska congressman, before mysteriously disappearing on a flight and being pronounced dead in 1972. His uncle, Mark Begich, was a U.S. senator for Alaska from 2009 to 2015.

The other two hopefuls in the race were Alaska Independence Party…Read more and see video here.