President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Monday that he would declare a national emergency to fulfill his campaign promise of mass deportations of illegal migrants living in the U.S.
Trump made the statement on Truth Social, responding “TRUE!!!” to a post from Judicial Watch chief Tom Fitton’s post about using military assets to reverse Biden’s immigration policies.
Advocates for illegal migrants are preparing a legal defense against mass deportations, with an ACLU official stating they are ready to challenge the efforts in court and, if necessary, on the streets.
Alfonso Aguilar, a former U.S. Office of Citizenship official, stated that opponents of the policy were responding to fearmongering, emphasizing that initial deportations would focus on targeted arrests of criminals.
