Lyons said the process needs to be treated “like a business,” speaking alongside Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Trump border czar Tom Homan.
He suggested that artificial intelligence could be infused into the process to “free up bed space” and “fill up airplanes” taking illegal immigrants back to their home countries at a quicker pace. Noem appointed Lyons to his position last month after a stint as acting executive associate director of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, which has a budget of $4.4 billion.
Lyons’s Amazon Prime comparison could mean deportations are conducted in a routine way and are widespread, much like the tech giant’s delivery services. The comments drew swift criticism from the Left on social media.
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