Trump deadline on Insurrection Act looms

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : " Brooks said the potential invocation of the Insurrection Act also holds peril for the military, and many troops "would find it extremely troubling."
53% : Laura Dickinson, a law professor at George Washington University, said the Insurrection Act has been invoked about 30 times in history, mostly in cases when state officials request military assistance.
52% : Following that Day 1 edict, the president gave Hegseth and Noem 90 days to submit a "joint report to the President about the conditions at the southern border of the United States and any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary to obtain complete operational control of the southern border, including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.
51% : " The law allows the president to use active-duty forces trained for combat overseas or federalized National Guard troops to suppress a "rebellion," temporarily suspending the Posse Comitatus Act, which typically restricts the use of military involvement in domestic law enforcement.
49% : The assignment came in the form of a Jan. 20 executive order in which Trump declared a national emergency at the border and ordered the deployment of additional U.S. troops, surveillance capabilities and border barriers.
49% : It's just not the kind of situation where the Insurrection Act has been invoked in the past."
48% : The Trump administration stands on the precipice of a monumental decision, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem due to make a recommendation soon on whether President Donald Trump should invoke the Insurrection Act to further crack down on immigration.
48% : Illegal border crossings, she noted, have plunged, with 7,180 encounters of migrants reported by Customs and Border Protection in March -- down from 28,654 in February and a peak of 370,883 in December 2023 during the Biden administration.
46% : " Esper's comments came shortly after a standoff in which he and the Pentagon's top officer at the time, Gen. Mark A. Milley, appeared with Trump outside the White House shortly after federal authorities cleared nearby Lafayette Square of protesters.
46% : One possibility, she said, is that the administration could invoke the Insurrection Act but not immediately deploy troops.
44% : "The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations," Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper told reporters in June 2020, after days of Trump pressing for military involvement.
42% : " The invocation of the Insurrection Act would mark the latest example of the Trump administration using arcane and extreme laws, including the Alien Enemies Act -- last invoked during World War II to detain Japanese, German and Italian nationals -- to pursue its domestic immigration agenda.
38% : I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.
34% : Milley apologized for his appearance, angering Trump.
32% : Trump's interest in using the Insurrection Act to quell domestic unrest dates back to his first administration, when it caused a standoff with the Pentagon.
31% : Trump also has involved the military in deportation efforts, sending migrants to other countries on military aircraft earlier this year and also holding some at the naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
29% : Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act last month to speed up deportations of alleged gang members, but his administration's use of the law has faced legal challenges and led to a showdown with the federal judiciary.
27% : Milley, wearing combat fatigues, quickly peeled off from the group, but the image of him with Trump leaving the White House grounds triggered outcry and suggestions that it looked like military leaders supported the effort.
24% : His successor, Gen. Dan Caine, pressed on the issue during his confirmation hearing last month, said he would not do anything unconstitutional if so ordered by Trump, adding, "I don't expect that to happen.
19% : Esper's resistance to using the Insurrection Act also incurred the president's wrath, leading Trump to belittle Esper in public remarks and eventually fire him after the presidential election in November 2020.
18% : After protests swept the country following the police murder of George Floyd, Trump said he wanted the military to respond, triggering a disagreement with senior defense officials about whether to invoke the Insurrection Act.

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