This month, Townhall covered how a majority of voters in New York want the state to support President-elect Trump’s mass deportation plans, according to a poll.
The Siena College New York State Poll found that 54 percent of respondents say the state should support any Trump administration efforts to deport migrants living illegally in the state, compared to 35 percent of respondents who oppose the plans.
This week, a separate poll asked Americans if they support using the military to carry out mass deportations.
According to the survey, conducted by the Washington Post and the University of Maryland, more than half of Americans oppose several of Trump’s recent statements regarding using the military for deportations.
The survey shows that 19 percent of Americans “somewhat” oppose this idea and 36 percent “strongly” oppose it. On the other hand, 22 percent of Americans “strongly” support this idea. Twenty percent of Americans “somewhat” support it.
Last month, Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul asserted that he opposes using the United States military for mass deportations.
“You know, I'm 100 percent supportive of going after the 15,000 murderers, the 13,000 sexual assault perpetrators, rapists, all these people. Let's send them on their way to prison or back home to another prison. So I would say All-points bulletin, all in but you don't do it with the Army because it's illegal,” Paul said in an interview, which Townhall covered.
“I'm for removing these people, but I would do it through the normal process of domestic policing,” he added.