Trump Confirms He Will Deploy Military To Expel Illegal Migrants In America

Immigrants In AS/ILLUSTRATION UNSPLASH/Barbara Zandoval

JAKARTA - United States President-elect Donald Trump will use the military as much as possible to support mass deportation efforts.

Trump emphasized this in an interview with TIME magazine reported by Reuters, Thursday, December 12.

Trump is committed to his plans to use troops to try mass deportation.

When asked about US laws that generally prohibit the use of the military in domestic law enforcement, Trump said illegal immigration was an invasion that needed to be stopped.

"I consider it an invasion of our country," Trump told TIME as part of an interview calling him "Person of the Year".

"We will summon the National Guard, and we will act as far as I can, in accordance with our country's laws," he added.

Trump, a Republican who won the election again in November, described migrants as dangerous criminals and promised a crackdown on legal and illegal immigration, including mass deportation.

He plans to withdraw resources from all federal governments for deportation efforts and announce a national state of emergency to open funds for law enforcement. Reuters reported in November.

Republican and Democratic governments have used National Guard troops to assist US Border Patrols on the border with Mexico, but they have not been used to make illegal migrant arrests.

In addition, Trump does not rule out building new detention facilities to accommodate immigrants waiting for deportation.

His government will try to quickly deport them, thus limiting the need for camps or other places.

"I don't want them to be locked up in camps for the next 20 years. I want them out, and countries must accept them back," Trump said.