"Today Trump confirmed that he intends to bypass normal legal constraints on his actions by declaring a national emergency on his first day in office in order to launch his mass deportation of undocumented migrants."

[stinson_108@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy

What prevents the White House from mobilizing the military for #deportation?

The Posse Comitatus Act, for one.

If you assume that law has no meaning, then it's a matter of finding people. Sure, use tax and vehicle licensing records for addresses. Then people start moving around. The Army will need the ccoperation of local police to access license plate readers. That's the kind of thing NJ and NY won't do.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Stinson_108 We'll see.