Well they could do that for theater but they don't need it anymore
They've already illegally cross-linked all the federal databases and banking data
People would have to be 100% off the grid which is nearly impossible and miserable these days
The real question is after they run out of 15 million "undocumented"
will ICE be used again 25 million naturalized citizens (yes likely with new $140 Billion budget)
And then there is the question how many millions of birthright citizens will ICE go after, how many generations back, where on earth would they deport them since they've never lived in any other country?
US won't be recognizable by 2028, going to be a horror show
The real question is that if the Dems ever get power back, what can be done to punish the bad people who participated in all this criminality?
With every other social norm being broken, I don't see why political reprisals shouldn't be the way forward. Just say that any of the pardons were illegal[1], and start stripping citizenship from anyone involved in this.
The genie's out of the bottle, and not punishing the thugs involved in this would just embolden them and their minions to try harder the next time they have power. Criminality should have consequences.
Deprivation of rights under color of law is a serious crime in this country, and should be treated as such.
[1] The current administration regularly declares immigration decisions made by the previous one illegal, and retroactively applies that label to the people affected by them. I'm not sure why any of its decisions should be worth the paper they are printed on, if it is ever theown out.
I bet is going to be like with the Patriot Act, the torture, and all the other horrible things from GWOT. Things are going to be tweaked to fit a new agenda, but carried nonetheless.
$140 billion for 15 million illegal immigrants is under $10,000 per deportation, which strikes me as kind of light, given that as the process is likely to involve international plane flights, board. and so on.
I don't think there are any plans to deport citizens or legal immigrants, as opposed to illegal aliens.
They've already illegally cross-linked all the federal databases and banking data
People would have to be 100% off the grid which is nearly impossible and miserable these days
The real question is after they run out of 15 million "undocumented"
will ICE be used again 25 million naturalized citizens (yes likely with new $140 Billion budget)
And then there is the question how many millions of birthright citizens will ICE go after, how many generations back, where on earth would they deport them since they've never lived in any other country?
US won't be recognizable by 2028, going to be a horror show