Republican Rand Paul opposes Trump talk of using military in deportations

[groundloop]

Source: Reuters

Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul voiced opposition on Sunday to the idea of using the military to carry out mass deportations of people living in the country illegally after President-elect Donald Trump signaled last week that he plans to do so.

"You don't do it with the Army because it's illegal," Paul said on CBS's "Face the Nation" program. "If they send the Army into New York and you have 10,000 troops marching carrying semi-automatic weapons, I think it's a terrible image, and I will oppose that."

A 19th century U.S. law prohibits federal troops from being used in domestic law enforcement except when authorized by Congress.

Paul, at times a maverick within his party, noted that he supports the idea of deporting people living in the United States illegally who have criminal records, but said that law enforcement authorities are better equipped than the military to carry out that role and to heed the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. There is a "distrust of putting the Army into our streets" among Americans, Paul said.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-rand-paul-opposes-trump-talk-using-military-deportations-2024-11-24/

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Yet when asked if this meant he'd oppose Kristi Noem's nomination for Homeland Security he waffled by just saying "I will not support and will not vote to use the military in our cities."

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Wouldn't ya know it?

[cstanleytech]

2. Yet he'll fall in line and rubber-stamp most of not every piece of Republican filth when it comes to voting.

[BOSSHOG]

3. I served 30 years in our Armed Forces

Our military is not designed for citizen to oppose citizens. That is not its purpose. Trump and his monsters don’t care. He will be fine if he makes more suckers and losers. He is the leader of the Republican Party fueled by Christian conservative hate.

[FakeNoose]

4. Finally! Somebody in their Party is talking some sense

I doubt whether Chump will listen though.

[groundloop]

5. It'll take Senators and Representatives having the spine to vote against tRUMP's demands.

Rand Paul and Susan Collins can express their concern all they want, but will they actually vote against tRUMP's war on America?

[Deminpenn]

6. Wonder if Sen duty, honor, country

Mr West Point graduate McCormick will support Paul?

[mpcamb]

7. Paul is almost entirely worthless. At this brief moment I'm glad he's there

if only to get a glimmer of the limelight.
He and 40-something Dem senators may block something every now and then
for entirely different reasons.

[Yavin4]

8. Sen Paul, if you're against Trump using the military to deport immigrants

and you're against his tariffs, then why in the hell did you vote for him?

[Blue_Tires]

9. Rand is angling for another White House run

Now that by comparison he seems almost sane to the Trumper cult...

[speak easy]

10. 10,000 troops marching [in New York] carrying semi-automatic weapons

now THAT is not going to happen. Wall Street would not like it.

[sakabatou]

11. Actions are louder than words, senator.