President-elect Donald Trump’s confirmation Monday of his intention to declare a national emergency and use the military to carry out mass expulsions of illegal aliens left Republicans jubilant and Democrats panicked.

“TRUE!!!” Trump posted on Truth Socialin response to a post from Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton about reports that Trump planned such a move. Trump also considered using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to quickly eliminate criminal aliens. The military traditionally cannot conduct law enforcement operations without authorization from Congress, although the National Guard is not subject to this restriction.

Former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Ron Vitiellohowever, said The New York Post that military assets could possibly contribute to “transportation or construction as they have done before.”

Trump campaigned on mass deportations of millions of illegal immigrants in the United States, saying the nation had “no choice” but to deport them and that cost would not be a concern. “When people were killed and murdered, when drug lords destroyed countries, and now they are going to go back to those countries because they are not staying here. There is no price,” a- he added.

Trump struggled to secure legislative victories to codify his immigration efforts during his first term, and his executive orders faced considerable legal scrutiny. This time around, Trump and his team have articulated some legal theories behind these measures, such as the national emergency and the Foreign Enemies Act.

Speaking on the John Solomon Reports podcast, Trump’s former National Security Council chief of staff Fred Fleitz said Trump’s confirmation Monday was “another sign of how seriously Donald Trump is tackling this illegal migrant crisis.”

“There will be legal challenges to this, but there have been emergency cases where U.S. troops have been used inside the United States over the last 50 to 75 years. I think they have a very good case for that,” he added.

“There have been so many media outlets reporting on the horrific crimes committed by illegal immigrants arriving in this country every day,” Fleitz continued. “There are videos of court hearings, murders and other violence committed by these migrants. We see that our big cities are suffering because they have to take care of all these migrants crossing the southern border. This must stop. These migrants must be sent home.

To carry out this mission, Trump appointed former acting ICE Director Tom Homan as “border czar,” a position outside of existing executive agencies, with the authority and prerogative to oversee border crossings. expulsions.

“It really shows what a top priority this is for the new administration,” former U.S. Citizenship Bureau chief Alfonso Aguilar said last week on the TV show “Just the News.” , No Noise”.

“One of the two biggest issues is border inflation, and the president is acting on it. And all you have to do is look at his candidates, like Tom Homan, and you know he’s serious about this,” said Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisc. “This has to stop.”

Almost certain legal challenges to his legal reasoning could complicate Trump’s efforts, but an organization closely aligned with Homan is preparing for that eventuality.

“You know, we’ve been working on this issue, trying to make sure that we document previous uses of the U.S. military on this kind of problem,” Victoria Coates, of the Heritage Foundation, told “Just the News, no noise.” Homan has been a senior member of the conservative organization in recent years.

“Who are the authorities? What can we do? What are the side effects? she asked. “Because if, for example, you designate a cartel, a terrorist organization, and yes, they meet a lot of the criteria, but if you do that, then you are giving asylum to everyone who is fleeing a terrorist organization.”

“So you could trigger a lot more immigration by trying to take action against it,” she warned. “So we’re trying very hard to solve this problem in a series of tabletop exercises, almost in the same way that you would do a war game and exercises, and see if we can come up with the best, most practical recommendations for that the president-elect can move in.