From Vox:
A majority of voters support President-elect Donald Trump declaring a national emergency to address the immigration crisis. So revealed a Napolitan News Service poll conducted online by Scott Rasmussen.
According to the poll, 55% of voters favor the GOP president-elect’s plan. Meanwhile, 38% oppose the measure.
“Declaring a national emergency would allow the president to use military forces to assist in the deportation of illegal immigrants,” the poll noted.
President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Monday on his social network Truth Social that he intends to declare a national emergency in order to subsequently use the U.S. military in some form to assist in his plans for mass deportations.
The Republican was responding to a post made earlier this month by Tom Fitton, director of the conservative activist group Judicial Watch. In his post, Fitton said the Trump administration would “declare a national emergency and will use military assets” to deal with illegal immigration “through a mass deportation program.”
Trump quoted Fitton’s post with the comment, “TRUE!!!!!”
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