President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to declare a national emergency – and maybe even use the military – to deport around 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. The consequences could be dire: millions of families separated, livelihoods upended, an even bigger backlog of immigration court cases, and a bill that could top $350 billion. Dara Lind, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, helps us separate facts from fears when it comes to Trump’s plan. And in headlines: Trump announces a flurry of final cabinet picks, Israel’s Defense Forces traded more fire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and the annual U.N. climate summit wraps up with a controversial $300 billion deal.
It's Monday, November 25th.
I'm Jane Costin, and this is what a Day, the show that will not be paying $500 for a cameo from former Congressman Matt Gaetz.
He signed up for the app less than 48 hours after dropping out of the running for attorney general.
Proof yet again that there are lots of people in Congress who just want to be famous.
But there are so, so many other ways to become famous, like winning a lookalike contest or becoming a pop star.
Has Matt Gaetz considered bec on today's show?
Trump's weekend administration nomination blitz and the annual UN Climate summit leaves some countries feeling pretty angry.
Let's get into it.
President elect Donald Trump has said he wants to declare a national emergency and maybe even use the military to deport around 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US a strategy which the American Immigration Council has said could result in up to 4 million families being separated.
People across the country are already bracing themselves for the potential consequences.
Nonprofit organizations and lawyers that advocate for immigrants have been overwhelmed with phone calls from people terrified about losing their homes or having their loved ones taken away from them.
And thousands of people trying to come to the US Are rushing to the border, hoping to get in before Trump takes office in January.
Some experts have questioned whether Trump's mass deportation plans are even logistically possible.
The US immigration system already has a backlog of almost 4 million cases that would take at least four years to resolve.
What's going to happen when it adds millions more?
Where will the government put people while they wait for their cases to play out?
Who is paying for flights to other countries, actually, who is paying for all of this?
The bill could top an estimated $350 billion.
Stephen Miller, Trump's incoming deputy chief of staff for foreign policy and white nationalist sympathizer, is not too worried about the logistics of all this because of course he isn't.
According to him, they're just going to make it all happen magically via executive order and the stroke of a pen.