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Speaker declares southern border national emergency, vows troop deployments and cartel designations
Summary
An unnamed speaker announced a national emergency at the southern border, ordered troop deployments, pledged to reinstate the "Remain in Mexico" policy and to designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and said the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 would be invoked to direct law enforcement.
An unnamed speaker announced a declaration of a national emergency at the southern border and said the administration would take immediate steps to halt illegal entry, send troops to the border, reinstate the "Remain in Mexico" policy and end "catch and release." The speaker also said the cartels would be designated as foreign terrorist organizations and that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 would be invoked to marshal federal and state law enforcement.
The speaker said, "1st, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border," and later: "All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. We…
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