In his party’s biggest break yet from former Chancellor Angela Merkel and her policy that allowed more than 1 million immigrants into Germany a decade ago, CDU (conservative) Leader Friedrich Merz called yesterday for a resolution to change the country’s asylum law with the goal of radically increasing the deportation of criminals in the immigrant population.

Likened by some to President Donald Trump present widespread deportation of criminals among the illegal immigrants now residing in the U.S., Merz’s plan is also seen as a possible way of winning back former CDU backers who have abandoned the party for what they see is a soft stand on criminal asylum seekers.

The CDU leader’s resolution, along with accompanying legislation in the Bundestag (parliament), could easily lead to the immediate expulsion from Germany of 40,000 asylum applicants whom Merz branded “ticking time bombs walking around our towns and communities.”

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