Several sources have indicated that President-elect Donald Trump will appoint key cabinet and advisory picks with vicious anti-immigrant views for his second term in the White House, raising concerns about his anti-immigrant agenda and his vow to carry out the largest deportation plan in U.S. history.

According to several reports, Trump plans to select former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tom Homan to serve as “border czar”; former Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller to act as deputy chief of staff for policy; and current South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to reports citing sources within Trump’s transition team.

In addition to sources indicating these appointments to various news agencies, Trump has announced Homan’s appointment in a Truth Social post. Vice president-elect Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has also indicated that Miller will be joining the incoming administration.

The decision to appoint Noem as DHS secretary, which hasn’t yet been confirmed by Trump or Vance, is unusual, as she has no direct experience with national security. Her qualifications seem to rest on the fact that she is a fierce Trump loyalist who voted in favor of his Muslim travel ban as a member of Congress.

It appears that Homan, meanwhile, will likely use his position as “border czar” (and his experience as former acting head of ICE) to carry out elements of Trump’s mass deportation plan, including pressuring states and threatening local governments to fall in line.

During an interview on Fox News on Friday, Homan appeared to be ratcheting up the pressure campaign already.

In that appearance, Homan claimed that Trump’s deportation plans are not based in “hate” or “discrimination” and are not “about being racist” — characterizations that fly in the face of Trump’s racist and flagrantly false characterizations of immigrants during his campaign. Homan then issued a warning to Democratic politicians.

“If [Democratic governors] are not willing to help, then get the hell out of the way, because ICE is going to do the job,” Homan said during the interview, characterizing Trump’s win as a “mandate” to act........

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