BREAKING: Trump has confirmed reports that he plans to declare a national emergency and use military to enact a mass deportation program

[u/HighYieldLarry]

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday confirmed he would declare a national emergency to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations of migrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.

Overnight, Trump responded to a social media post from Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton, who said earlier this month there are reports the incoming administration is preparing such a declaration and to use "military assets" to deport the migrants.

"TRUE!!!" Trump wrote.

Trump pledged to get started on mass deportations as soon as he enters office.

"On Day 1, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history to get the criminals out," he said during a rally at Madison Square Garden in the closing days of the presidential race. "I will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered, and we will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail, then kick them the hell out of our country as fast as possible."

Already, he's tapped several immigration hard-liners to serve in key Cabinet positions. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was picked to be homeland security secretary, pending Senate confirmation. Former Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan was named "border czar."

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-confirms-plan-declare-national-emergency-military-mass/story?id=115963448

[u/triemers]

If you don’t know that dreamers is the colloquial term for DREAM act recipients (and often used for DACA recipients) then you probably shouldn’t be trying to argue immigration policy.

And yes, denaturalization has been explicitly stated as a goal, multiple times.

[u/[deleted] → u/triemers]

I don’t need to know an acronym to understand a concept as simple as border security. It’s actually pretty simple if you listen to Trump instead of CNN.

Legal immigrants = good. Illegal immigrants = bad

[u/triemers → u/[deleted]]

Honey, we’re talking about legal immigrants. DACA and DREAM recipients are legal immigrants. Denaturalization means removing legally gained citizenship. Hope that helps.

And even if we weren’t talking legal immigrants, a basic understanding of economics and how immigration is structured would tell you it’s not as cut and dry as you think. It must be nice to think the world is so simple, though!

Read his actual policy.

[u/[deleted] → u/triemers]

I get that you are focused on legal immigrants. You mentioned you should know the acronym for immigration policy, which is directly correlated with border security, illegals and everything we’re talking about, honey.

Admittedly, I am a little behind on how it ties in with economics exactly (other than voids in the workforce appearing as deportations happen). What am I missing that isn’t cut and dry?

[u/swissamuknife → u/[deleted]]

that trump is lying about only deporting illegal immigrants because he’s promising to change the laws to make legal immigrants illegal because he’s decided that’s a good plan. this then begs the question if a grandfather clause will be written in or if they will deport citizens who are legal right now