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Lauren Gambino in Washington

Trump confirms he will utilize US military to conduct mass deportations

Trump, wearing a blue suit and red tie, looks ahead
Donald Trump looks on at Madison Square Garden on 16 November in New York City. Photograph: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration would declare a national emergency and use the US military to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.

In an early morning social media post, Trump responded “TRUE!!!” to a post by Tom Fitton, the president of the conservative group Judicial Watch, who wrote on 8 November that the next administration “will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program”.

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