Velshi: Trump is using manufactured fear to justify immigration crackdown

On President Trump’s first day in office he signed a handful of executive orders to launch his promised crackdown on immigration and declared a national emergency at the border to empower the military to support border patrol. Sending active-duty troops to the border is not new and it is legal. But, it becomes illegal when active-duty members of the U.S. military start carrying out law enforcement functions on American soil. One of Trump’s executive orders tests the legal limits of using the