Trump’s goal of mass deportations fell short. But he has new plans for a second term

Donald Trump has promised a mass removal campaign if he prevails in the 2024 presidential election.  Elliot Spagat for the Associated Press offers some details of the plans for the campaign.  Among other things,

“Trump has said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law that allows the president to deport any noncitizen from a country that the U.S. is at war with. . . . 

Texas Gov, Greg Abbott has advanced a theory that illegal immigration amounts to an invasion to justify state enforcement measures, so far without success, but legal scholars say judges may be reluctant to second-guess what a president considers a foreign aggression.

The sweeping Alien Enemies Act authority may sidestep a law that bans the military from civilian law enforcement.

Trump has said he would focus on deploying the National Guard, whose troops can be activated on orders of a governor. [Trump advisor Stephen] Miller says troops under sympathetic Republican governors would send troops to nearby states that refuse to participate.”

KJ