Take very seriously his vow to use the U.S. military to help carry out mass deportations.
I interviewed Goitein about Trump’s intent to use the active duty military — maybe even the National Guard — because she is an expert in the use of presidential emergency powers.
Trump using the military impacts more than the undocumented, Goitein said.
Those temporary shields, granted on humanitarian or related grounds to asylum-seekers, are in danger of being revoked under Trump.
Kirk who is close to Trump, is the Wheeling High School grad who is the founder of the influential Turning Point USA.
WASHINGTON — The next president will be Donald Trump. I’m still processing the implications of this.
He promised to use the U, so take that very seriously. S. . military to assist in the mass deportation process. The specifics of Trump’s intended troop deployment are unknown to us. It’s unknown whether you run detention centers, transport individuals, or carry out raids.
Trump posted “TRUE” on Truth Social on Monday, stating, “GOOD NEWS: Reports are the incoming @RealDonaldTrump administration prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.”. “”.
I anticipate that Day 1—possibly within a few hours of the January inauguration. 20 — Trump will sign a proclamation granting him the authority to use the military in the United States by citing, for example, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, the Insurrection Act, or some other outdated legislation. A.
The following day, it won’t mean that Trump, brandishing a Sharpie, will witness troops advancing through Chicago.
It will imply that people will be “scrambling to try to figure out what Trump’s plans are” in the immediate aftermath of his inauguration. A senior director at the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security program at New York University, Elizabeth Goitein stated, “And it is meant to strike terror in the hearts of people, undocumented people in this country.”.
Goitein is an authority on the use of presidential emergency powers, so I spoke with her about Trump’s intention to use the active duty military, possibly even the National Guard.
Goitein stated that Trump’s use of the military has a greater impact than the undocumented.
Trump uses it to instill fear.
He wants to use shock and awe, and this would be shock and awe for everyone in this country who is rightfully concerned about the use of federal armed forces force, not just those without documentation. to carry out U.S. civilian law enforcement duties. S. . soil. “”.
With thousands of new immigrants sent to the city by Texas Governor, Trump’s upcoming crackdown will have a significant impact on Chicago. Greg Abbott. President Joe Biden has temporarily granted them legal status, which protects them for the time being.
Under Trump, those short-term protections that are given to asylum-seekers on humanitarian or related grounds could be taken away.
Following Trump’s victory, Gov. “You come through me, you come for my people,” JB Pritzker vowed. “”.
Let’s meet Bravado.
Tom Homan, Trump’s new “border czar,” was questioned about Pritzker’s remark shortly after on a Charlie Kirk podcast. Kirk, who is close to Trump, is the founder of the powerful Turning Point USA and a graduate of Wheeling High School.
In response to Pritzker, Homan said, “Go for it. Getting through him is not a problem for us. “”.
Here are a few more highlights from my talk with Goitein.
About Trump’s federalization of the National Guard.
According to reports, Trump intends to declare that migration from the South is “an invasion, and it’s being perpetrated by drug cartels that are acting as de facto governments.”. Although it is obviously an abuse of power during a time of war, it appears that is what he is planning. “.”.
Pritzker has the option to challenge Trump’s decision to include the Illinois National Guard in the federal armed forces in court, but he won’t be able to stop him from acting.
If the governor believes that the “federalization of the guard is being done for unlawful purposes, the governor can certainly, will, almost will definitely, have standing to bring a lawsuit challenging that deployment. “”.
How Trump was able to use the military without using the Insurrection Act.
He could assist federal law enforcement and civilian authorities in deportations by making military assets and personnel available without using the Insurrection Act. “.”.
“There is a potential for challenge if Trump oversteps,” Goitein said, referring to the question of whether troops are “actually merely supporting civilian authorities” or if they go beyond the line to be “actually performing core law enforcement functions themselves.”. “”.
Preventing Trump from trying a military maneuver beforehand is going to be difficult, if not impossible. Whether he can do it or not will be determined by the courts.
Former State Department undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs Tara Sonenshine, who served under President Barack Obama, told me that “a random and disorderly roundup and deportation of immigrants will set up an unproductive showdown between local, national, and international leaders within the U.S.”. S. as well as worldwide. “.”.
