Trump confirms plans to use military for mass deportations
From Badlands Media Briefs by Ashe in America
President-elect Trump confirmed Monday that he is planning to declare a national emergency and use the U.S. military to carry out mass deportations.
Why it matters: Trump made his promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants one of the cornerstones of his 2024 campaign, and his team has already begun strategizing how to carry its plan out.
A Truth Social post early Monday is the first time the president-elect has confirmed how his administration will execute the controversial plan.
Driving the news: Tom Fitton, the president of the conservative group Judicial Watch, posted on Truth Social earlier this month 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 reposted Fitton’s comment Monday with the caption, “TRUE!!”
The big picture: There are an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. Trump’s mass deportations are expected to impact roughly 20 million families across the country. — Axios
Our Take: Sanctuary cities are freaking out about this and, all of a sudden, they claim to value states’ rights. Leftist logic: States’ rights are a virtue for protecting criminal invaders, and a vice for protecting unborn Americans.
Here in Colorado, the outrage over mass deportations of criminal invaders has a mixed response. There is a solid amount of ‘but who will pick the crops,’ but leaders in the Centennial state are in a tough situation because the migrant madness has increased crime, victimized legitimate residents, and cost state taxpayers over $340M.
If Colorado leaders oppose federal government intervention, Colorado residents may revolt. People are on edge. City-dwellers have had to change their behavior to remain safe in once-sleepy and uneventful communities. It’s a very serious problem, and the government has gaslit residents for years about the true impacts. But the people — conservatives, democrats, libertarians, unaffiliated— are now awake to the devastating truth of disastrous Democrat policies, and the gaslighting is less and less effective with every narrative deployment.
If the local government prevents the federal government from removing violent gang members from our streets, the reaction of the people may cross the rubicon.
Then again, expected incoming Border Czar Tom Homan said states attempting to evade ICE will be subverted and held accountable. I’m an advocate for state sovereignty and rights, but what is the answer when states actively work against their own citizenry and for special interests and criminal enterprises?
I think we’re about to find out. — Ashe in America
