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Can Trump Deport Millions Of People?

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What A Day

News, Daily News

4.612.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to declare a national emergency – and maybe even use the military – to deport around 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. The consequences could be dire: millions of families separated, livelihoods upended, an even bigger backlog of immigration court cases, and a bill that could top $350 billion. Dara Lind, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, helps us separate facts from fears when it comes to Trump’s plan.

And in headlines: Trump announces a flurry of final cabinet picks, Israel’s Defense Forces traded more fire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and the annual U.N. climate summit wraps up with a controversial $300 billion deal.

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0:00.0

It's Monday, November 25th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is What Today, the show that will not be paying $500 for a cameo from former Congressman Matt Gates.

0:12.5

He signed up for the app less than 48 hours after dropping out of the running for Attorney General.

0:17.1

Proof, yet again, that there are lots of people in Congress who just want to be famous.

0:21.5

But there are so, so many other ways to become famous.

0:24.8

Like winning a lookalike contest or becoming a pop star.

0:28.7

Has Matt Gates considered becoming a pop star?

0:35.1

On today's show, Trump's weekend administration nomination blitz and the annual UN Climate Summit

0:41.1

leaves some countries feeling pretty angry. Let's get into it. President-elect Donald Trump has said

0:47.3

he wants to declare a national emergency and maybe even use the military to deport around 11 million

0:52.4

undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.

0:54.6

A strategy which the American Immigration Council has said could result in up to 4 million

0:58.8

families being separated. People across the country are already bracing themselves for the

1:03.1

potential consequences. Non-profit organizations and lawyers advocate for immigrants have been

1:07.5

overwhelmed with phone calls from people terrified about losing their homes or

1:12.1

having their loved ones taken away from them. And thousands of people trying to come to the U.S.

1:16.5

are rushing to the border, hoping to get in before Trump takes office in January. Some experts have

1:21.5

questioned whether Trump's mass deportation plans are even logistically possible. The U.S. immigration

1:26.7

system already has a backlog of almost

1:28.7

four million cases that would take at least four years to resolve. What's going to happen when it

1:33.7

adds millions more? Where will the government put people while they wait for their cases to play out?

1:38.5

Who is paying for flights to other countries? Actually, who is paying for all of this? The bill could top an estimated

1:44.9

$350 billion. Stephen Miller, Trump's incoming deputy chief of staff for foreign policy and

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