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As Trump considers using the Insurrection Act to round up immigrants...
...I'm considering what a different country we live in now.
Once we get used to seeing armed soldiers patrolling our streets in Humvees and armored vehicles we've crossed the line to Martial Law. It's just a short hop to using them to quell protests and effect raids for other purposes.
This cannot be allowed.
Trump to use ‘tremendous powers’ of the Insurrection Act to combat illegal immigration
President Trump wants to use the “tremendous powers” of the Insurrection Act to deport illegal immigrants.
Multiple senior administration officials said Trump sees the little-known law as a powerful tool to help his crackdown on illegal immigration, the Daily Caller reported Thursday.
“We’re doing the Insurrection Act,” said one official.
The Insurrection Act of 1807 gives the president authority to use the military to fight “unlawful obstruction or rebellion” within the U.S.
An official said the president will potentially declare the U.S. as full and say the country cannot accept any more illegal immigrants.
“If you take a ship and it holds 1,000 people maximum — one more person and the ship is going to collapse,” the official said. “The country is full.”
Continued here:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-to-use-tremendous-powers-of-the-insurrection-act-to-combat-illegal-immigration
President Trump wants to use the “tremendous powers” of the Insurrection Act to deport illegal immigrants.
Multiple senior administration officials said Trump sees the little-known law as a powerful tool to help his crackdown on illegal immigration, the Daily Caller reported Thursday.
“We’re doing the Insurrection Act,” said one official.
The Insurrection Act of 1807 gives the president authority to use the military to fight “unlawful obstruction or rebellion” within the U.S.
An official said the president will potentially declare the U.S. as full and say the country cannot accept any more illegal immigrants.
“If you take a ship and it holds 1,000 people maximum — one more person and the ship is going to collapse,” the official said. “The country is full.”
Continued here:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-to-use-tremendous-powers-of-the-insurrection-act-to-combat-illegal-immigration
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