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Home / Military analysis / How Trump is leaning on the military to fulfill his hopes of mass deportations and an immigration freeze
Military analysis, Basing and force posture

March 28, 2025

How Trump is leaning on the military to fulfill his hopes of mass deportations and an immigration freeze

Jennifer Kavanagh, a senior fellow and director of military analysis at the think tank Defense Priorities, told Military.com that transferring federal land for that kind of border operation is a notable change in tactics.

“Regardless of how they’re going to use it, it would be a major step because it would be a departure from what has been the past of just using active-duty forces at the border as you would use CBP [Customs and Border Protection] or National Guard personnel,” Kavanagh said.

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