Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are formulating plans to execute his promise of mass deportations once he assumes office, potentially involving a national emergency declaration to repurpose assets from the Pentagon to detain and deport illegal immigrants.
The idea of using a national emergency has been floated in the past, and implementing such a declaration, according to a Wall Street Journal report, would “repurpose military assets,” allowing the new administration “to detain and remove migrants.”
Trump has, for months on the campaign trail, vowed to invoke the Alien Enemies Act if elected, a wartime law that would allow the president to authorize the arrest and deportation of illegal immigrants over the age of 14.
And he has been unwavering in his promise to restart border wall construction, which was halted by the Biden administration, while launching a mass deportation program once he returns to the White House.
The Journal writes:
“As a first step, Trump’s advisers are discussing issuing a national emergency declaration at the border on his first day in office, which his team thinks would allow him to move money from the Pentagon to pay for wall construction and to assist with immigrant detention and deportation.” […]
— Read More: redstate.com
