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February 24, 2017

DHS Secretary Denies Deportations are a Military Operation, Contradicting Trump
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In Mexico, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly insisted Thursday the
U.S. would not carry out "mass deportations" and that President Trump's
deportation program was not a "military operation," contradicting a
statement made by Trump just hours earlier. Kelly was on a two-day visit
with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson aimed at smoothing U.S.-Mexico
relations.

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly: "And again, listen to this:
No-repeat, no-use of military force in immigration operations. None. So,
again, I repeat, there will be no use of military forces in
immigration."

Kelly's comments came after Trump told a gathering of corporate CEOs at
the White House his deportation program was in fact a "military
operation."

President Donald Trump: "We're getting really bad dudes out of this
country and at a rate that nobody's ever seen before. And they're the
bad ones. And it's a military operation."

Mexico has rejected Donald Trump's pledge that he will force Mexico to
pay for an expanded wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Mexico's foreign
minister also denounced new rules authorizing the U.S. to deport
undocumented immigrants to Mexico, whether or not they are Mexican
citizens.


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