The president’s decision to take over the District of Columbia police, along with expanding immigration and policing enforcement in blue cities such as Chicago , undermines a constitutional framework designed to check the executive branch.

While not technically illegal, President Donald Trump’s actions are anti-democratic and speak to the desires of a strongman to control our local communities. Because the United States lacks a national police force under presidential control, moves such as federalizing local police, establishing a federal quick “ reaction force ,” sending in specialized National Guard units or deploying Marines all bypass an important check on executive overreach. His promise to deputize local law enforcement to carry out federal immigration work indi

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