Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight” that President-elect Donald Trump’s alleged plan to use the military as part of his deportation effort is a “huge mistake.”
Paul said, “I think what I would do if I were in charge of the immigration situation would be to first to go after those who have committed crimes. You know, the big news right before the election was that there were 15,000 people in our country who have committed murder, there are about 13,000 that have committed sex crimes, violent sex crimes. That’s 28,000 people. Why don’t we start with that 28,000?”
He continued, “I’m not in favor of sending the army in uniforms into our cities to collect people. 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…
