Trump plan for militarized mass deportations met with uncertainty, anxiety in Arizona

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "His goal is to be very visible," Bailey said, noting that Trump is aiming to deter migrants from entering or staying in the country along with showing supporters that he is following through on a major campaign promise.
58% : It's a playbook that Trump has used before.
49% : Trump has floated bringing in other branches of the military, such as the U.S. Army, Navy or Marines.
43% : How can Trump wield emergency declaration, military powers?Julia Gelatt, the associate director of the U.S. immigrant policy program at the Migration Policy Institute, said that Trump could use an emergency declaration to make resources like funding, detention space and personnel available to boost deportations.
43% : "U.S. Rep.-elect Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., a progressive, blasted the plan as "abhorrent and hateful" and pledged to use her new position to work against Trump.
38% : Trump is promising to "marshal every federal and state power necessary to institute the largest deportation operation of illegal criminals, drug dealers, and human traffickers in American history," his transition team said Monday.
35% : Border leaders unclear on emergency planOfficials who serve communities at the Arizona-Mexico border said Monday that they hadn't heard much from the Trump transition team about his border emergency plans, though Trump has indicated he'll enact those policies shortly after he is sworn in on Jan. 20.
30% : A spokesperson for Sierra Vista, the border community Trump and Vance each visited to discuss immigration policy on the campaign trail, declined to comment on whether city leadership supports declaring a national emergency at the border or if local police would work with the military to deport migrants.
27% : Democrats and migrant advocates are gearing up to fight Trump as he eyes deporting millions of people, while leaders at the southern border say it's not clear what a looming emergency declaration and military presence would actually mean for their communities.
19% : However, Trump has plans to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which would allow him to fast-track deportations to countries that are considered a wartime enemy of the United States.
15% : Arizona Democrats, activists gear up to fight TrumpThough important details of Trump's plans remain unknown, Arizona Democrats are vowing to resist some of his proposals, setting up fights between federal and local authorities.

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