Senator Rand Paul criticized Trump's military involvement in mass deportations, advocating instead for targeting criminals, and emphasizing that military should not operate in civilian contexts.
Paul stated, 'I'm not in favor of sending the army in uniforms into our cities to collect people. I think it's a terrible image. And that's not what we use our military for, we never have.' He highlighted that military personnel are not trained for civilian law enforcement roles.
He continued, 'We have a police enforcement domestic agency, not the military.' Paul disagreed with the idea of using military methods, affirming the need for proper domestic agency roles.
Finally, he remarked, 'I'm not for really most presidential emergencies because they smack of martial rule. They smack of of no congressional approval. They smack of no checks and balances.' This reflects his concern about the overreach of presidential powers.
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