Project 2025: The 2025 Presidential Transition Project: on Immigration
Donald Trump:
No federal grants for police in sanctuary cities
During the Trump Administration, a condition added to grants stated that an awardee had to comply with all federal law (stock language), including federal law regarding the exchange of information between federal and local authorities about an
individual's immigration status. This condition prevented law enforcement in "sanctuary cities" from receiving grant awards. While the Trump Administration suffered a series of [setbacks, the courts] upheld the authority to impose these conditions.
Source: Project 2025, by the Heritage Foundation, p.566
Apr 1, 2023
Heritage Foundation:
Control border by enforcement, detention and deportation
Unfortunately for our nation, the [Department of Homeland Security] became like every other federal agency: bloated, bureaucratic, and expensive. It also lost sight of its mission priorities. To truly secure the homeland, a conservative Administration
needs to return the department to the right mission, the right size, and the right budget. This would include reorganizing the department and shifting significant resources away from several supporting components to the essential operational components.
Prioritizing border security and immigration enforcement, including detention and deportation, is critical if we are to regain control of the border, repair the historic damage done by the Biden Administration, return to a lawful and orderly
immigration system, and protect the homeland from terrorism and public safety threats. This also includes consolidating the pieces of the fragmented immigration system into one agency to fulfill the mission more efficiently.
Source: Project 2025, by the Heritage Foundation, p.135
Apr 1, 2023
Heritage Foundation:
End Temporary Protected Status for Haiti & 15 countries
[The new Administration should] withdraw Biden Administration regulations and reissue new regulations in the following areas:- Credible Fear/Asylum Jurisdiction for Border Crossers.
- T-Visa and U-Visa reform. Unless and until T and U visas
are repealed, each program needs to be reformed to ensure that only legitimate victims of trafficking and crimes who are actively assisting law enforcement are eligible.
- Repeal TPS designations. ["TPS" means "Temporary Protected Status", which allows
US residency for people from emergency zones. Sixteen countries currently have TPS designations. They are Afghanistan, Myanmar (Burma), Cameroon, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria,
Ukraine, Venezuela and Yemen.]
- H-1B reform. Transform the program into an elite mechanism exclusively to bring in the "best and brightest": H-1B is a means only to supplement the U.S. economy and to keep companies competitive.
Source: Project 2025, by the Heritage Foundation, p.150-1
Apr 1, 2023
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