The American Civil Liberties Union has prepared a blueprint for using lawsuits, advice to state and local officials and lobbying in Congress to try and thwart the large-scale raids, huge detention camps and mass deportations that former President Donald Trump has promised should he win a second term.
FILE - Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Wildwood, N.J., May 11, 2024. The American Civil Liberties Union is making plans to fight the immigrant raids and mass deportations that former President Donald Trump has promised if he were to win a second term. FILE - Border Patrol agents hold a group thought to have entered the United States illegally, near McAllen, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border, Nov. 6, 2019.
It further argues that carrying out Trump’s plans will violate constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure, including arrests and detentions without a specific reason to detain a certain individual. “The second Trump administration, if there is one, will be better prepared,” said Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor of immigration law practice at Cornell University.
It plans to urge Democratic-led legislatures and city councils to restrict federal government access to their resources for mass detention and deportation efforts.
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