Newsman: President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he would declare a national emergency and use the military to execute his mass deportation plans.
Trump responded to a social media post from Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton who said earlier this month on social media that “reports are incoming” that Trump is “prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.”
Trump reposted Fitton’s post Monday with the comment “TRUE!!!”
“TRUE!!!” Trump wrote.
Trump pledged to get started on mass deportations as soon as he enters office.
“On Day 1, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history to get the criminals out,” he said during a rally at Madison Square Garden in the closing days of the presidential race. “I will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered, and we will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail, then kick them the hell out of our country as fast as possible.”
During his campaign, Trump repeatedly promised a “mass deportation” that would round up immigrants around the country who have violated the law.
There are an estimated 11 million unauthorized migrants living in the U.S. without legal immigration status. Removing them could cost billions of dollars per year, according to estimates from the American Immigration Council.Mass deportations could have a broader economic impact by resulting in a loss of tax revenue and labor shortages.
Trump has declared a migration-related national emergency before during his first administration. Trump used the National Emergencies Act and started building 30 feet tall steel fence including replacement fence more than 400 miles of the U.S-Mexico border.
U.S. Border Patrol migrant encounters plummeted from more than 200,000 a month late last year to below 60,000 in July, August and September. Migration at the U.S. border climbed to all-time highs during the Biden administration amid pent-up demand for job opportunities after the global pandemic.
