President-elect Donald Trump on Monday declared a national emergency and authorized the use of military assets to carry out a mass deportation plan.
“Truth!!!” President-elect posts on Truth Social early monday morning This was in response to a post from Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, this morning. Fitton had posted about reports indicating the incoming Trump administration is “ready to declare a national emergency and use military assets to reverse Biden’s invasion through a mass deportation program.” . (Related: President Trump may have stopped large caravan from approaching US border)
The Truth Social post was the latest sign that the president-elect and his administration intend to implement incredibly tough immigration enforcement policies over the next four years.
During his campaign, President Trump promised to continue construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, reinstate the Remain in Mexico program, hire more Border Patrol agents, and implement “the largest deportation program in U.S. history.” . He also vowed to end birthright citizenship for people born on U.S. soil to illegal immigrant parents.
Los Angeles, California – September 8: Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrest an illegal immigrant with a criminal record during an early morning search of his home on Thursday, September 8, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Irrfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The incoming administration appears poised to pursue this hardline policy, given the selection of top immigration enforcement officials. The White House transition team includes Tom Homan, former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as Border Patrol chief, Stephen Miller as chief of staff for policy, and Kristi Noem, South Dakota’s secretary of Homeland Security. The governor was elected. — all of whom are considered very hawkish on border security.
President Trump has not yet named who will lead ICE, Customs and Border Protection, or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. These agencies are the three agencies within DHS that play an important role in U.S. immigration processing.
This is not the first time President Trump has used national emergency powers to support immigration policy.
During his first term, the Republican president declared a national emergency to secure more funding for wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border. He later extended this national emergency declaration to maintain progress on wall construction efforts.
Trump is likely to face lawsuits from immigrant rights groups and other liberal groups over his immigration policies, as he did in his first term. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) submitted: 400 legal actions Trump and his first administration since 2016 have vowed to go to court again once Trump returns to office, mostly targeting immigration mandates.
“From day one, we will be ready to fight for civil liberties and civil rights in the courts, in Congress, and in our communities,” the group said after President Trump’s Election Day victory. “We did it during President Trump’s first term, and we filed 434 lawsuits during Mr. Trump’s tenure, and we will do it again.”
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