Newsom Plots How To Fight Trump Deportations With ‘Immigrant Support’ Plan: Report

California Governor Gavin Newsom is working on a potential plan to counteract the new Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations, an early idea of how blue states could try to hamstring federal authorities looking to remove illegal migrants.

The draft of the plan, called the “Immigrant Support Network Concept” suggests the “creation of an Immigrant Support Network comprised of regional ‘hubs’ to connect at-risk individuals, their families, and communities with community systems — such as legal services, schools, labor unions, local governments, etc,” Politico reported.

The plan remains general, and the draft cautions that it is not finalized yet.

Under the plan, the California Department of Social Services would be responsible for running the migrant support “hubs” and would give state funds to nonprofits. The department is still gauging interest in the program, according to the draft.

The amount of funding the plan would require is unclear, but the draft says funding would go towards “community outreach, partnership, legal services staffing positions, and approved administrative costs associated with hub operations.”

“The administration continues to collaborate with the Legislature to finalize a thoughtful special session funding proposal, which is on track to be signed into law before January 20, 2025,” department spokesperson Theresa Mier told the outlet.

The second Trump administration has plans for a massive deportation operation to remove illegal migrants, starting with violent criminals.

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Homan as “border czar” last month after his election victory, and Homan has been clear that he will lead an aggressive deportation strategy.

While criminals will be prioritized for deportation, Homan said the U.S. is prepared to deport parents in the country illegally even if they have young U.S.-born children, allowing the families to decide whether to be deported together or split up and leave their children here.

“Here’s the issue,” Homan told the Washington Post. “You knew you were in the country illegally and chose to have a child. So you put your family in that position.”

“We need to show the American people we can do this and not be inhumane about it,” Homan said. “We can’t lose the faith of the American people.”

Meanwhile, the Biden administration is rushing to sell off border wall materials before Trump takes office in an apparent effort to slow down the new administration’s efforts to secure the border.

Across the country, there are now nearly 7.8 million illegal migrants, federal data shows.

Of those, a total of 662,586, just around 8.6%, have been convicted of crimes or have charges pending, according to ICE data through July 21.