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Uncle Joe

(61,500 posts)
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 06:08 PM Apr 15

Trump CAN'T Deport American Citizens To Foreign Prisons: Experts Weigh In



As Donald Trump continues to drag the American people to the edge of the constitutional crisis cliff in the Abrego Garcia case, he is now threatening to deport American citizens to foreign prisons, and tells us that Attorney General Pam Bondi is "studying the law" to see if it's legal.

AG Bondi can probably close the law book she's "studying", as it is clearly ILLEGAL to deport American citizens, as this video discusses.
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Trump CAN'T Deport American Citizens To Foreign Prisons: Experts Weigh In (Original Post) Uncle Joe Apr 15 OP
ha ha. Trump does what he wants. No one stops him. Irish_Dem Apr 15 #1
He also can't deport an immigrant under an order of protection... regnaD kciN Apr 15 #2
trump does not care about laws. Once they put you on a flight to El Salvador then what? tulipsandroses Apr 15 #3
Really once they grab your arms and shove you in the black SUV you are gone. LiberalArkie Apr 15 #5
Maybe when Scubamatt Apr 15 #4
But He Can CitizenZero Apr 15 #6

tulipsandroses

(7,198 posts)
3. trump does not care about laws. Once they put you on a flight to El Salvador then what?
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 06:29 PM
Apr 15

Or "mistakenly" send you there.
After 9/11 - I frequently heard the term " Failure of imagination" - That there was a failure of imagination that this kind of attack was possible on US soil.
I heard that term again after Jan 6. Failure of imagination that people would attack the Capitol.

Looks like we are here again with Failure of imagination.

Scubamatt

(149 posts)
4. Maybe when
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 06:30 PM
Apr 15

the orange tub of goo goes ahead and does it anyway, someone will write him a sternly worded letter. Seriously, when are people going to wake up and realize there is no check on this guy?

CitizenZero

(860 posts)
6. But He Can
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 06:58 PM
Apr 15

Trump does not have the legal authority to deport American citizens, but he probably has the power to do so. This is what a Dictator does- executes decisions that are not stopped despite them being unlawful. Trump has been in violation of the law and the Constitution from Day One. His Executive Orders are diktats. They are not lawful but he puts them into effect anyway because he and his gang of MAGA idiots have control over the Executive Branch and are running roughshod over the Legislative and Judicial Branches. So Trump DOES have the power to do what he does; he just does not have the legal authority or the legal right.

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