Trump has suggested that “homegrown” criminals who have been convicted of certain crimes should be deported, but the idea raises significant legal questions.
If an immigrant who the government claims is a gang member can be deported to El Salvador without any due process rights, then why not a U.S. citizen?
That was the nightmarish scenario immigration advocates and constitutional law experts were considering on Monday after Donald Trump again pushed a provocative plan to deport U.S. citizens who have been convicted of unspecified crimes.
Trump discussed the issue in the White House with El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who has agreed to deposit people deported from the U.S. into a notorious prison.
He also thinks it’s a crime to disagree with him. There will be lots of people being deported shortly before midterms.
Ah, but Democrats will fight back by (1) pointing out that it’s against the rules, (2) waiting for him to acknowledge his error and apologize, and (3) voting for their own imprisonment.