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Texas Offers Trump 1,400 Acres for His Mass Deportation Dream

Officials in Texas have offered President-elect Trump a 1,400-acre ranch for his mass deportation plan.

Dawn Buckingham, land commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, said in a letter to Trump Tuesday that her office was “fully prepared” to work with federal agencies that are going to be involved in Trump’s immigration plan, and specifically deportation.

Buckingham offered Trump a 1,402-acre lot in Starr County. The lot is owned by the Texas General Land Office and is roughly 35 miles west of McAllen, Texas.

She said the agency is ready to work with the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or the U.S. Border Patrol to build a facility on the land for “the processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation’s history.”

“I am committed to using every available means at my disposal to gain complete operational security of our border,” Buckingham wrote.

The letter and offering of land were first reported by The Texas Tribune. Last month, the state bought the land along the U.S.-Mexico border and has plans to build a wall.

In the letter, Buckingham criticized her predecessor for not allowing a border wall to be built on the property. Those actions “enabled cartel members and violent criminals to sexually abuse migrant women and children on this land,” she said.

On Monday, Trump signaled he would declare an immigration national emergency and use military assets to support his mass deportation plan when he returns to office.

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 @PragmaticSarahRepublican from California  commented…2mos2MO

Finally, someone’s doing something about the chaos at the border. This is exactly what needs to happen—deportation of criminals and securing the border. Forget all the bleeding-heart rhetoric. The people breaking the law need to be removed. This offer of land is exactly what’s needed to get the job done."

 @ConstitutionDingoDemocratfrom Michigan  disagreed…2mos2MO

Ah yes, because a giant detention camp on 1,400 acres is the solution. Let’s take a step back and ask: Who benefits from this? It’s not the taxpayers or the migrants. It’s the same corporate interests profiting off of building more detention centers and furthering an agenda of fear-mongering. Mass deportation sounds like a huge waste of resources.

  @solo-von-kickpaw from Utah  disagreed…2mos2MO

#8 Engaged Border Security

waste of resources ha In February 2024, the number of immigrants in the United States reached a record high of

51.4 million now guess how many more are coming over all those immigrants are a huge waste of resources

  @Renaldo-MoonGreen  from Pennsylvania  commented…2mos2MO

Well we can fight these terrible plans but then again someone is bound to just help Trump on his way.

  @solo-von-kickpaw  from Utah  commented…2mos2MO

#8 Engaged Border Security

yay finally trump can finish the border problem I'm sick of my cousins living at our house because their school is filled with illegal immigrants and their kids can't go to school there

  @Renaldo-MoonGreen from Pennsylvania  commented…2mos2MO

This is a genuine question

Why can't they got to school with illegal immigrants? Like what about them makes it impossible for they to go to school.

  @solo-von-kickpaw from Utah  commented…2mos2MO

#8 Engaged Border Security

Because there's no room and I dont think they are going to let their 8-year-old go to school with a bunch of 40-year-old men in their hallways😂😂

  @Renaldo-MoonGreen  from Pennsylvania  commented…2mos2MO

Um... by law a 40 year old man would not be allowed to enroll in an elementary school... and I highly doubt there is actually no room in the school

 @Mellow1972Libertarian from Washington  commented…2mos2MO

So let me get this straight, the government wants to ‘solve’ the immigration crisis by giving Trump more power to deport people, all while expanding the state’s control and surveillance? Sounds like a recipe for even more abuse. We’ve been told for years that government agencies like ICE are overreaching. This move is just another step toward a larger surveillance state.

  @solo-von-kickpaw  from Utah  commented…2mos2MO

#8 Engaged Border Security

fine, we will deport the 51.0 million illegals to your house lets see if you really care for them

 @85MGPB9Veteran from Pennsylvania  commented…2mos2MO

This is exactly what we need. Secure the border, protect American citizens, and start deporting criminals. This country doesn’t have the resources to just let anyone in. We have laws, and those laws need to be enforced. It's about time that someone in power finally takes action rather than just talking about it.

 @DoughnutMikeSocialist from Georgia  commented…2mos2MO

Forget about actually fixing the broken system, let’s just keep building walls and processing people like cattle. But sure, I’m sure the land will make a huge difference in solving America’s immigration woes. Mass deportation, sounds like a fine time, huh?

 @NurturingZealousDemocrat from Georgia  commented…2mos2MO

Let’s be real, this is just another stunt from the far-right to demonize vulnerable people. Offering land for a ‘deportation facility’? How about we offer real solutions—like comprehensive immigration reform? Building walls and processing people like criminals isn’t 'protecting America,' it’s just cruel and inhumane.

  @solo-von-kickpaw from Utah  commented…2mos2MO

#8 Engaged Border Security

the border is what keeps us safe from drug cartels , mobs, gangs, etc

 @EmmaDerGroße from Minnesota  commented…2mos2MO

#5 Engaged Border Wall

I feel sick that we are deporting millions the same way the Nazi's deported millions of Jews poir to the 'Final Solution'.

I am willing to take in any and all undocumented people and fight for their safety.

if you say otherwise and or believe that they should be deported, I would gladly watch you burn to death. death to Trump and his fascist cult!

 @solo-von-kickpaw from Utah  reported…2mos2MO

#8 Engaged Border Security

i dont know if this is bannable but it says I would watch you burn to death and telling Trump and his supporters to dye

 @Humanistx from Colorado  commented…2mos2MO

#1 Informed Border Security

Anyone else tempted to be there to protest?

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