President-elect Donald Trump made several sweeping claims about immigration and deportation during his reelection campaign.At a rally in Pennsylvania, he said, “The day I take the oath of office, the migrant invasion ends, and the restoration of our country begins. The United States is now an occupied country.”Then, in Springfield, Ohio, he spoke about migrants again, saying, “They emptied their jails in Venezuela, emptied their criminals. They emptied the nests. They call them nests of bad people. They’re all now in the United States, and they’re now taking over cities. It’s like an invasion from within. We’re going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country, and we’re going to start with Springfield and Aurora.” Early Tuesday morning, Trump appeared to confirm via Truth Social that he is prepared to declare a national emergency over immigration and that he will use military assets to carry out a …
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