At the RNC in July, JD Vance had a message: America is not “an idea,” he said in his speech introducing himself as Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick. Rather, Vance argued that the country is a…
What I don’t understand about this… If illegal immigrants aren’t “subject to the jurisdiction” of the US, doesn’t that make them immune from all state and federal law? Isn’t this arguing that they effectively have diplomatic immunity? So an illegal immigrant could come to the US, murder a healthcare CEO in broad daylight, and all we could do is deport them.
What I don’t understand about this… If illegal immigrants aren’t “subject to the jurisdiction” of the US, doesn’t that make them immune from all state and federal law? Isn’t this arguing that they effectively have diplomatic immunity? So an illegal immigrant could come to the US, murder a healthcare CEO in broad daylight, and all we could do is deport them.
Or kill them, that’s what the US does to a lot of foreigners.
Non-white foreigners*
“Subject to the laws therein” is referring to territories and military bases and such.