The new administration could use the existing system of federal agents, local police and jails to funnel more people into the deportation pipeline.
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During his presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised to launch “the largest deportation program of criminals in the history of America,” using the U.S. military and a 1798 law known as the Alien Enemies Act — a statute that gives the president the power to detain immigrants during times of war.
