Donald Trump has backed calls for a "national emergency" plan as part of his mass deportation policy. Writing on his Truth Social platform, the President-elect responded to reports that he was considering the move in order to secure the use of military resources in carrying out deportations of foreign criminals who have entered the country illegally.

President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed his plan to declare a state of national emergency and use “military assets” to carry out mass deportations once in office. Trump, 78, verified the plan in a message to Truth Social while addressing a post from Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton.

President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Monday his new administration will declare a national state of emergency over illegal immigration. The confirmation came via Truth Social, where Trump shared a post about the emergency declaration.

This morning, Donald Trump confirmed this his team is examining whether to call a national emergency and use military assets to carry out a mass deportation scheme that would target the millions of undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States.