I’m writing as a constituent to say that I oppose President Trump’s abuse of emergency powers to skirt around the law.
He did this so he could send prisoners to an El Salvadorean prison. He did it to increase unnecessary oil drilling. Now he has declared that a 60 foot strip of land around our three southern states at the Mexican border are a military installation and anyone who happens to be there can now be arrested for trespassing or worse.
We have a Posse Comitatus Act to prevent the military from policing civilians. Trump is violating it by turning the U.S. military into a force to be used against U.S. citizens, and he’s using his emergency powers to justify it. It has to stop.
Congress needs to immediately enact legislation like Rep. Andy Biggs’s H.R. 125 of the 118th Congress, the Limiting Emergency Powers Act of 2025. This legislation would cancel any presidentially declared emergency in 30 days unless Congress approves it. This is not a perfect solution but it is a start. Rein this president in! Thanks.
First sent on May 6 by Jess Craven
