The United States has more than 11 million illegal immigrants, according to estimates, and human rights associations are concerned about the ravages of the Republican’s project on this population and on the rule of law.
A host of economists have also warned that in addition to the staggering cost of such a program, sending back millions of migrant workers would have an immeasurable impact on the American economy, which is already experiencing a labor shortage.
Donald Trump declared in April that the National Guard, a military body dependent on the American states, “should be capable” of taking care of expulsions.
“If that’s not the case, I would use the army,” meaning federal troops, he told Time.
The Constitution allows the president to declare a “national emergency” in exceptional situations. During his first term, Donald Trump implemented this provision “concerning the southern border” of the United States, in order to allocate an $8 billion budget to build a wall on the border with Mexico.
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