A Who’s Who of the Incoming Trump Administration: Pam Bondi

This past November, Donald Trump announced that Pam Bondi would join his administration as United States Attorney General, placing her in charge of the Justice Department with the authority to reshape immigration policy to align with his extremist agenda.

This past November, Donald Trump announced that Pam Bondi would join his administration as United States Attorney General, placing her in charge of the Justice Department with the authority to reshape immigration policy to align with his extremist agenda. As Florida’s attorney general from 2011 to 2019, the head of the legal arm of the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute, and one of Trump’s defense attorneys during his first impeachment trial, Bondi has consistently demonstrated unwavering loyalty to Trump and his hardline, anti-immigrant policies.

Throughout her career, Bondi has been a vocal supporter of some of the most controversial and oppressive immigration policies of the last decade. She championed Arizona’s infamous “show me your papers” law, pushing for its adoption in Florida, which would have empowered law enforcement to engage in sweeping racial profiling. Additionally, she participated in lawsuits aimed at dismantling federal immigration relief programs like DACA, targeting protections for millions of undocumented immigrants.

Key Points on Bondi’s Anti-Immigrant Record:

  • Bondi backed Trump’s Muslim Ban, aligning herself with one of the administration’s most openly discriminatory immigration policies.
  • Bondi called for Florida to adopt Arizona’s notorious “show me your papers” law, a racially discriminatory policy that sparked national outrage and enabled racial profiling under the guise of immigration enforcement.
  • In 2014, Bondi joined a federal lawsuit aimed at blocking President Obama’s executive action to protect up to 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation.
  • In 2012, Bondi supported Arizona’s racial profiling law as a means to target people perceived as immigrants by police, joining 15 other attorneys general to push for the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the policy.
  • She has repeatedly framed her agenda as preventing human trafficking, but uses this as a cover to push anti-immigrant measures, exploiting legitimate concerns to advance extremist policies that target immigrant communities.

Bondi has embraced anti-immigrant rhetoric, stoking fear and driving false narratives:

  • “Over 1K migrants stormed our southern border on Sunday… Will Biden address this crisis? Or continue to allow the lawlessness that’s directly impacting our border communities?” (Bondi via X
  • “The Biden Administration’s policies have FAILED the American people. We need an America First Agenda and America First Leaders to fix the crisis at the border.” (Bondi via X)
  • In a Hannity interview, Bondi claimed that millions of immigrants have “infiltrated our country,” and are “coming to a town near you,” describing Venezuelan immigrants as the “worst of the worst.”
  • Bondi has repeatedly accused the Biden administration of ignoring border issues, falsely linking immigrants to surges in crime and drug trafficking in border communities to advance her anti-immigrant agenda.

Related Posts

View More

CARD_TITLE_GOES_HERE

Memo

State and Local Authorities & the Military in Immigration Enforcement

Read More

Sign up for Highlights from the Hub

Keep up to date with the latest resources & reports from the Immigration Hub.

Topic(Required)