  ss-deportations-immigration-844f305 0ba99552b900ed9f3a1dec22d how would trump overcome inevitable legal challenges? trump has said he would invoke the alien enemies act, a 1798 law that allows the president to deport any noncitizen from a country that the u.s. is at war with. texas gov, greg abbott has advanced a theory that illegal immigration amounts to an invasion to justify state enforcement measures, so far without success, but legal scholars say judges may be reluctant to second-guess what a president considers a foreign aggression. the sweeping alien enemies act authority may sidestep a law that bans the military from civilian law enforcement. trump has said he would focus on deploying the national guard, whose troops can be activated on orders of a governor. miller says troops under sympathetic republican governors would send troops to nearby states that refuse to participate. the alabama national guard is going to arrest illegal aliens in alabama and the virginia national guard in virginia. and if youre going to go into an unfriendly state like maryland, well, there would just be virginia doing the arrest in maryland, right, very close, very nearby, miller said last year on the charlie kirk show. the military has been peripherally involved at the border since president george w. bushs administration with activities that are not deemed to be law enforcement, such as surveillance, vehicle maintenance and installing concertina wire. nunn, of new york universitys brennan center, said trump may look to 2020, when he ordered the national guard to disperse peaceful black lives matter protests near the white house, despite the mayors opposition. trump did so without invoking the 18th-century war powers law, but the district of columbias federal status gives the president outsized authority to act.
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