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Salon
Politics
Alex Galbraith

Trump EOs boost cops, target immigration

Donald Trump may be a fan of archaic laws, but an executive order signed on Monday shows he has little concern for the Posse Comitatus Act. 

In an order focused on protecting law enforcement officers from legal repercussions, Trump included an aside to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi. It asked the duo to "determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime."

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