Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that if re-elected, he would “immediately” invoke a federal law granting himself the unilateral power to detain and deport non-citizens in the United States who are older than 14 years old.
In remarks at a campaign stop, Trump pledged to use the Alien Enemies Act — part of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 — to target suspected gang members, drug dealers and cartel members.
“I’ll...invoke immediately the Alien Enemies Act to remove all known or suspected gang members…the drug dealers, the cartel members from the United States, ending the scourge of illegal alien gang violence once and for all,” Trump said from a campaign stage in here in front of more than 1,000 supporters.
Trump also promised to relocate thousands of troops presently stationed overseas to the U.S.-Mexico border.
“We guard other people’s borders, but we don’t guard our own,” said Trump.
He further asserted that a new Trump administration would shift “massive portions” of federal law enforcement — including the FBI, DEA and ATF — into immigration enforcement roles.
Trump also said that he would commit the Navy to establish blockades to ensure fentanyl would not cross into the country by waterways
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