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Written by Kim Perales on 2025-01-24 at 20:55

Posse Comitatus Act: unlawful for the pres. to use the MIL in direct support of LE while inside the US *why Trump uses the word assistance.

"Invasion.”

Courts have held the PCA restrictions don't apply to fed troops’ actions taken primarily for a “MIL purpose”—even if such activities benefit LE. The MIL purpose doctrine authorizes incidental assistance to LE… An “emergency “would authorize the MIL to help construct barriers/detention ctrs, flights…

[#]USPol #Immigration

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/two-words-and-a-world-of-trouble

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