President-elect Donald Trump gave the first glimpse into how he will execute his plan to deport millions of undocumented migrants on Monday.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump confirmed that he is going to declare a national emergency and use the US military to carry out his mass deportation policy.
Earlier this month, Tom Fitton, a conservative activist posted on Truth Social that Trump was “prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.”
Trump responded to the post on Monday writing: “True.”
On the campaign trail, Trump has repeatedly promised to invoke the Alien Enemies Act, a little-known, 226-year-old law to deport millions of undocumented migrants.
If invoked, “all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government” who are at least 14 years old and haven’t become naturalized US citizens “shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as alien enemies,” CNN noted.
Simply put, non US citizens could be declared “alien enemies” under the law based on their nationality. And that designation could be the basis for detaining and deporting them.
