Saturday, April 26, 2025

Trump deporting citizens, and clarifying my stance on birthright citizenship

 So, Trump is doing it, he deported three US citizens without due process. Now, to be fair, these citizens were basically....young children whose parents were illegal immigrants, and I kind of recognize that in a moral sense, I can understand that being a special case, but I wanna be clear, this isn't good.

On paper, I do agree with the idea of changing birthright citizenship to exclude such people. I pointed this out when trump got elected again. HOWEVER, this requires a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. It's a nonstarter politically, but meh, I'm fine with expressing my preferences regardless of pragmatism here.

That doesnt mean, however, that I would endorse THIS though. Trump is just doing what he wants. He's not following laws, he's not listening to judges. He's just doing what he wants. And legally, that is NOT GOOD. If he starts doing this, he can escalate to just going after ALL citizens next. And then he can just deport anyone who he doesn't like. That's insane. I mean, that's the difference between doing things through LEGAL channels and doing what trump is doing. It's one thing to change policy and then to act according to the new law. Policy is subject to public approval, needs to pass congress. There are debates over it. And I get it, its hard to pass policy. It's gridlock in a modern environment. And when dealing with CONSTITUTIONAL issues, yeah you need supermajorities. So it's a nonstarter. But that's where you just virtue signal and then...dont do anything else. You dont start kidnapping citizens and deporting them without due process. Wtf? 

I keep comparing Trump to Hitler. I'm not doing it to be hyperbolic. Hitler didnt start with the concentration camps. He started with deporting people, often without due process like this. ICE is like the Gestapo in the modern environment. There are real historical parallels here. This is dangerous, and sets a dangerous precedent. 

Again, changing the law or having a constitutional amendment is one thing. Doing things through proper channels. Trump just does whatever he wants. That's not good. One is being a politician, the other, a dictator. Trump is acting like a dictator. 

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