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> There's no issue with deporting someone like that and it is within the government's power to do so.

I feel like I know the answer to this but do you also believe we should just deport everyone that commits any crime irrespective of whether it's a misdemeanor or felony?




Non-citizens should not be participating in or fomenting political protests, especially ones that involve harassment, intimidation, destruction of private property, occupations of buildings, (all of which occurred throughout the Columbia protests).

If you are talking about deporting someone for getting a speeding ticket, that would be pretty draconian unless it was something very dangerous like doing 25 over in a school zone during school hours, etc.


> If you are talking about deporting someone for getting a speeding ticket, that would be pretty draconian unless it was something very dangerous like doing 25 over in a school zone during school hours, etc.

Lol sure ya let's deport people for speeding in a school zone. Forget due process or the justice system at all for these heathens nah just ship them off immediately. Like are these real words that reflect you're serious adult position on this? Do you really not have any sense that what you're saying is insane?


Deportation and having a formal judicial process are not mutually exclusive. It seems that you're not thinking very clearly about this topic.


Yup totally I'm the one not thinking clearly lololol.


For felonies, absolutely. For felonies and misdemeanors in the furtherance of political goals (as is the case here), absolutely. Otherwise you leave yourself wide open to political interference by foreign nations on your own soil.


The mistake that every single person makes that advocates for extreme measures is they assume the arbiter of those measures will always be on their side. Historically it's literally never been the case but who knows maybe you'll be part of the first group to always be in the good graces of dear leader. I wish you good luck!


Deporting foreign political agents isn't extreme though, it's been standard practice worldwide for thousands of years. It's actually less extreme than what has been practiced in many locales for dealing with foreign agents: torture, summary execution, etc.




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