Rand Paul ‘All In’ on Deporting Criminal Illegal Immigrants but Opposes Using Military

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said on Sunday that he’s in favor of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations of illegal immigrants but expressed strong opposition to using military assets for the task, saying it’s a job best left for law enforcement. Paul was asked on CBS’s “Face The Nation” on Nov. 24 for his view on the incoming Trump administration’s possible use of the military to assist with deportations. The Kentucky Republican said that he’s fully supportive of the deportations, in particular of criminal illegal immigrants, but that using the military to do so would be bad optics....