President-elect Donald Trump has been on the move all week. members of the incoming administration. There are three names that stand out in terms of how effective their choices can be in their duties: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem for secretary of homeland security, former head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tom Homan White House deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser, rather than “border czar” and Trump top adviser Stephen Miller.

While the rest of the administration may falter and clash with each other, that may not be the case when it comes to implementing Trump’s dark immigration plan. Miller, Homan and Noem have the potential to be distressingly effective when working together. The only limit they will likely face is how much the public will allow it to be carried out on their behalf.

Miller to set the tone in new dual role General outlines of American immigration policy. Homan will likely be tasked with sorting out the operational details of Miller’s plans. And Noem will be tasked with implementing those policies and carrying out Trump’s promised deportations of nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants.

Miller, one of the few remaining figures from Trump’s early days, was Trump’s speechwriter and senior adviser during his first term. At the end of Trump’s term made a tremendous impact helped with immigration policy purge the ranks of officials He thought it was not aggressive enough to deter border crossings. He helped shape many of Trump’s toughest immigration policies, including the Muslim travel ban and the immigration ban. Use of Title 42 Complete border closure.

His main skill has always been to take Trump’s worst impulses about immigrants and make them almost tangible for moderate listeners. But given a title to suit his ambitions and a direct link to Trump, he will have little to stop him from being as extreme as he always hoped. between Plans spearheaded by Miller They are mass deportation camps used to hold those rounded up in ICE workplace sweeps while they are processed for deportation and Title 42 reinstatement at the border.

In addition to cracking down on undocumented immigrants, they also have goals to limit immigration. Miller supported end of birthright citizenship and vowed to “step up” efforts robbing naturalized citizens due to their legal status. He also prepared end parole programs Allow Temporary Protected Status protections to expire for immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua more than 800,000 people.

As Miller creates plans, Homan will likely try to coordinate their execution. Trump has stated that he would like to see the military participate in forced repatriation plans, which would require the involvement of the Pentagon and possibly the transfer of money from defense programs. increase in detention facilities. There will be legal challenges that the Justice Department will have to defend. Homan will be the point person to make sure everyone is on the same page.

It’s worth noting that Homan’s job currently exists as just two words on paper, because there is no title of “border czar” in the federal system and there is no pool of resources for him to draw from. It’s fun to remember that A similar role was promised but never delivered first in the Trump administration. However Homan has experience He had to comply with Miller’s wishes. He was hired and put into practice to head ICE’s deportation arm before eventually becoming its director. Trump’s “zero tolerance” child separation policy.

Meanwhile, Noem’s rise is proof of how national politics is now. Leading South Dakota has had little contact with the immigration system. Accordingly Migration Policy InstituteAs of 2022, only 3.5% of the state’s population was foreign-born; this was much less than many places in the country. But Noem has been extremely vocal about this The so-called “occupation” is taking place has enthusiastically embraced Trump’s narrative on the southern border, pulling stunts like deploying National Guard members to the Texas-Mexico border.

He will also be the only one of the three who has any legal authority to carry out these deportation plans or the money from Congress to do so. Immigration policy will be entirely top-down with Noem in place; From Miller to Homan, Noem’s orders will be relayed to ICE and Customs and Border Patrol. It doesn’t matter that he doesn’t have any policy experience, as long as he’s willing to be the White House’s puppet and Senate Republicans are willing to confirm him.

Yes still logistical problems This will need to be overcome if Miller’s deportation plan comes to fruition. Homan said this week he would double the ICE presence in sanctuary cities like New York if needed, but ICE is already understaffed. There is also a shortage of immigration judges, whose courts have a large backlog of cases. But all of this assumes that the administration has any interest in being effective or precise in the process of forcibly removing millions of people from their homes.

Let’s not forget that the family separation policy was a humanitarian disaster. The conditions in which the families were held were appalling; was surpassed only by the lack of care given by the families. failure to keep records by the administration. DHS said in a report this year: 1,360 children still “unconfirmed” with their families. If the goal was to provide humane shelter to detained immigrants or expedite their processing in the immigration system, we might call it incompetent. But that wasn’t the point. The aim was to make other immigrants afraid to cross the border.

Similarly, in this case, the goal is not to be efficient or precise. Miller probably doesn’t care about how long people might have to wait in hastily constructed camps before being deported. The likelihood of citizens being captured and forced to prove their right to stay in the country appears high. You have Homan Proposes avoiding family separations by deporting entire familiesproblematically implying that children born in America would also be illegally deported.

There is no way, ethically or humanely, to carry out the operation that Miller and his associates have in mind, and so they will not attempt to do so. In practice, this is more likely to be a deliberately cruel attack on human rights and dignity. But mass deportation doesn’t have to be done well to make Trump’s vision a reality. It just needs to be done.

This article was first published on: MSNBC.com