Donald Trump Confirms Plan to Declare National Emergency for Mass Deportations

The president-elect also confirmed that he plans to use “military assets” to implement mass deportation plans

President-elect Donald Trump He confirmed his plan to declare a national emergency and use “military assets” to carry out mass deportations after taking office.

Trump, 78, confirmed the plan in a message he sent to himself. Real Social While addressing a post by Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton.

“GOOD NEWS: Reports are coming @realdonaldtrump “The administration is prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program,” Fitton wrote on Nov. 8.

Trump responded to the post on Monday, November 18, writing, “TRUE!!!” He responded by writing.

Trump has previously said he would begin mass deportations on “day one” of his presidency. a rally At Madison Square Garden in the days before the election.

“I’m going to launch the largest deportation program in American history to get criminals out,” he told the crowd, according to CBS News. “Let’s keep the criminals in prison and then expel them from our country as quickly as possible.”

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Trump said he would take advantage of this opportunity National Guard This “marks a fundamental shift for the military, which normally does not deal with domestic law enforcement matters” for its deportation efforts on several occasions during the campaign, according to many experts. ABC News.

The same experts also noted that the plan could cost tens to hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

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Trump had already made several preliminary cabinet selections and preselected candidates in preparation of the deportation plan. Aggressive anti-immigration stances.

It is estimated that there are approx. 11 million undocumented immigrants currently lives in the United States and Trump’s plan is expected to affect approximately 20 million families. accordingly axios.

Per news week, In practice, this will affect approximately one in three families across the country.