Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Rand Paul: Use Military for Mass Deportations Huge Mistake

GOP Sen. Rand Paul denounced President-elect Donald Trump's plan to deploy the military to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants upon his return to office, saying it would be a "huge mistake" and a misuse of military personnel.

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"I'm not in favor of sending the Army in uniforms into our cities to collect people," Paul (R-Ky.) told Newsmax host Rob Schmitt on Tuesday.

"I think it's a terrible image and that's not what we use our military for, we never have and it's actually been illegal for over 100 years to bring the Army into our cities."

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"Paul emphasized in the interview that he believes the task of removing people from the country should fall to local police or domestic agencies, but not the military.

"I will not support an emergency [declaration] to put the Army into our cities " I think that's a huge mistake," he said, later adding, "I really think us as conservatives who are supportive of Trump need to caution him about sending the Army into our cities."

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"As the incoming chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Paul has said he'll seek to restore Trump's Remain in Mexico policy, which would require asylum seekers to the U.S. to wait in Mexico for their legal request to be processed.

The senator also expressed concern for how it would look like for "the housekeeper who's been here 30 years" to get arrested by a uniformed service member.

"I don't see the military putting her in handcuffs and marching her down the street to an encampment. I don't really want to see that," Paul said, proposing "an in-between solution" that would expand work permits for those who have been in the U.S. for a long time."

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When you are too radical for Rand Paul.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2024-11-20 05:18 PM

Republicant cowards will go the gallows with all the rest.

France will look like a picnic.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-11-20 07:56 PM

Do it Puddin' Pie! Do it! I dare you. The size of the fist that will go smashing into your new presidency if you try it will knock you out cold.

#3 | Posted by moder8 at 2024-11-20 09:17 PM

Pigs have flown!

#4 | Posted by South_American at 2024-11-20 09:51 PM

Republicans and Democrats are addicted to using the military to solve problems that inevitably become bigger problems afterwards.

#5 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2024-11-20 10:08 PM

Small government republicans don't exist.

#6 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-11-20 10:43 PM

" Small government republicans don't exist.

POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE AT 2024-11-20 10:43 PM | REPLY"

I think Ron Paul is the last of them. And he's retired.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-11-20 11:26 PM

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