Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced Tuesday that her office is identifying additional land for President-elect Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation initiative, broadening her initial offer of state resources.
Dubbed the “Jocelyn Initiative,” the project honors Jocelyn Perez, a 12-year-old Houston girl allegedly killed by two undocumented Venezuelan migrants, and aims to support Trump’s immigration detention and deportation strategy.
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Last week, Buckingham offered Trump approximately 1,400 acres in Starr County, near the U.S.-Mexico border, for deportation facility construction. The additional land now under consideration underscores Texas’ robust support for Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda, providing staging grounds for the largest deportation operation in U.S. history.
While Texas moves forward with plans to assist Trump’s initiatives, opposition from Democratic leaders nationwide is growing. Governors from Illinois, Massachusetts, California, and Arizona have stated their intent to block local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement.
The mayor of Boston has echoed resistance to Trump’s policies, while Los Angeles has expedited sanctuary city legislation to shield undocumented immigrants. Denver’s mayor has suggested his city might actively resist deportation efforts.
Despite mounting opposition, Trump’s transition team reaffirmed the president-elect’s commitment to his immigration enforcement promises.
“President Trump will marshal every federal and state power necessary to institute the largest deportation operation of illegal criminals, drug dealers, and human traffickers in American history,” Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement on Monday.
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