Advisers to President-elect Donald J. Trump are formulating plans to execute his promise of mass deportations once he assumes office.
The plans potentially involve a national emergency declaration to repurpose assets from the Pentagon to detain and deport illegal aliens.
The idea of using a national emergency has been floated in the past.
According to a Wall Street Journal report:
[I]mplementing such a declaration would repurpose military assets, allowing the new administration to detain and remove illegals].