‘Deportation force’ if Trump becomes president.
By Raif Karerat
During Tuesday’s GOP debate, Donald Trump reiterated his desire to institute a “deportation force” that would facilitate the mass roundup of around 11 million men, women, and children who are living in the United States unlawfully.
Pressed for specifics on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Trump stated, “You’re going to have a deportation force, and you’re going to do it humanely. … you have millions of people that are waiting in line to come into this country and they’re waiting to come in legally. And I always say the wall, we’re going to build the wall. It’s going to be a real deal. It’s going to be a real wall.”
Trump has said that he will remove all undocumented immigrants from the country “so fast that your head will spin” — specifically, in under two years. According to an assessment by the Washington Post, that pace would require “significantly more troubling, blunt methods — predicting a police state is entirely reasonable — that would be much more prone to mistakes. This timetable also drains credibility from Trump’s promise that his deportation force would go about their business humanely.”
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has blasted Trump’s idea for a deportation force, throwing a verbal haymaker at the real estate mogul over social media.
“The idea of tracking down and deporting 11 million people is absurd, inhumane, and un-American. No, Trump.” Clintontweeted.
Included in the immigration proposal Trump released in August is a call to triple the number of immigrations and customs enforcement agents. He also proposed ending birthright citizenship, which is included in the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution and grants automatic citizenship to anyone born on American soil.