Eleven Five Twentyfour

An information resource for the days that followed

Eleven Five Twentyfour

An information resource for the days that followed

International relations

CabinetDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS)ExecutiveTransitionU.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesU.S. Customs and Border Protection

Trump team maps out Latin America strategy as part of mass deportation plan

Washington — President-elect Donald Trump’s team is gaming out an aggressive strategy toward Latin America that will be a crucial element to plans to deport migrants at large scale, according to two sources involved in transition policy discussions.

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CabinetDepartment of Defense (DOD)Department of Homeland Security (DHS)Deputy Chief of StaffExecutiveU.S. Customs and Border ProtectionU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

How could the U.S. military be used for Trump’s mass deportation plan?

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to start the largest deportation effort in American history — his signature 2024 campaign promise — as soon as he takes office, signaling this week that he would enlist the help of the U.S. military for the massive operation to deport undocumented immigrants.

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AmbassadorsCabinetDepartment of StateExecutiveNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)Transition

Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has expressed skepticism about for years.

Trump, in a statement, said Whitaker was “a strong warrior and loyal Patriot” who “will ensure the United States’ interests are advanced and defended” and “strengthen relationships with our NATO Allies, and stand firm in the face of threats to Peace and Stability.”

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What to know about Matthew Whitaker, Trump’s pick to be America’s ambassador to NATO

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has tapped former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker as U.S. ambassador to NATO — set to make him the nation’s representative to a bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly relished criticizing.

Whitaker has a legal and criminal justice background, rather than one focused on foreign policy and national security, yet is poised to take over an important position for U.S. global affairs.

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