US won’t use military to enforce immigration laws, official says
MEXICO CITY — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly pledged Thursday that America won’t enlist its military to enforce immigration laws and that there will be “no mass deportations.”
Kelly’s declarations came as senior Trump administration officials sought to temper Latin American concerns about a new U.S. immigration crackdown.
Speaking in Mexico City after he and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with their Mexican counterparts, Kelly said all deportations will honor human rights and the U.S. legal system.
He said it’s a military operation because what has been allowed to come into our country, when you see gang violence that you’ve read about like never before and all of the things, much of that is people who are here illegally.
[...] they’re rough and they’re tough, but they’re not tough like our people.
Kelly, Tillerson and their Mexican counterparts spoke before the two Americans planned to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, an outspoken opponent of Trump’s immigration plans, which include making Mexico pay for a border wall along the border.