"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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