People Cannot Believe Trump’s Latest Statement About Looking Into Deporting US Citizens Is Real
President Donald Trump recently toyed with the idea of deporting US citizens, and it’s sending Americans online into a frenzy.
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The topic was broached during El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s White House visit yesterday, where Bukele claimed he does not have the power to — and will not — return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US.
For those who don’t know, Kilmar is a Maryland man who the Department of Justice says they mistakenly deported. Since then, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration should facilitate Kilmar’s release and return. Meanwhile, the Trump admin similarly claims they have no say in the matter.
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Continuing to speak on deportations during Bukele’s visit, Trump went on to tell reporters, “I’d like to go a step further… I don’t know what the laws are, we always have to obey the laws, but we also have homegrown criminals that push people into subways. That hit elderly ladies on the back of the head with a baseball bat when they’re not looking.”
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“That are absolute monsters,” he continued. “I’d like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country, but you’ll have to be looking at the laws on that.”
Later, Trump doubled down when another reporter asked, “You mentioned that you’re open to deporting individuals that aren’t born aliens, but are criminals, to El Salvador. Does that include, potentially, US citizens fully naturalized in America?”
To which Trump responded: “If they’re criminals and if they hit people with baseball bats over the head that happened to be 90 years old — if they rape 87-year-old women in Coney Island, Brooklyn, yeah.”
“Yeah that includes them,” he continued, speaking of Americans. “You think they’re a special category of person? They’re as bad as anybody that comes in.”
According to PBS, “Immigrants can be deported from the United States, while citizens cannot. Deportation is covered by immigration law, which does not apply to U.S. citizens. Part of being a citizen means you cannot be forcibly sent to another country.”
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The reaction online has been vast. Here’s some of what people are saying:
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