President-elect Donald Trump confirmed earlier this week that he plans on declaring a national emergency when he takes office in January, enabling him to use the U.S. military to carry out his heavily anticipated plan of mass deportations. However, as experts have explained, his planned use of armed forces is bound to face several legal hurdles, citing the fact that previous presidents have only been able to deploy soldiers in domestic territories in times of war.
Nevertheless, the Trump administration could find assistance for his plan in other armed organizations that patrol the border, as Wired reports that paramilitary groups along the in placer like Arizona are positioning themselves to support the incoming Trump administration's hardline immigration policies, including potential mass deportation efforts.
