Summary

Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said ICE can “absolutely” deport legal immigrants, including green card holders, if they commit crimes.

He cited Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian protester at Columbia University arrested by ICE, as an example.

Homan’s statement followed Sen. Marco Rubio’s call to revoke visas and green cards of Hamas supporters. Immigration advocates condemned the arrest, calling it suppression of political speech.

Green cards can be revoked for crimes or security threats, but Khalil has not been convicted of a crime. Over 1 million people signed a petition for his release.

  • @[email protected]
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    1151 day ago

    “If they commit crimes” is doing a lot of lifting here. Sorry Tom, protesting is not against the law- yet…

    • @dhork
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      441 day ago

      They’re going to link everyone who has ever said a kind word about Palestinians (or even wore one of those scarves) to every awful thing Hamas has ever done to justify deporting them.

      • Snot Flickerman
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        1 day ago

        Meanwhile:

        https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/texas-bill-identify-transgender-state-felony-rcna195642

        A Texas state bill could charge transgender people with “gender identity fraud,” making it illegal to identify as trans on official documents and potentially leading to jail time.

        They are going to criminalize half of Americans for simply existing as who they are. Just wait until the anti-sodomy and anti-interacial marriage statutes make a comeback.

        Hiding behind “but they committed a crime!” is going to be used to justify all kinds of horrors.

        • @[email protected]
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          101 day ago

          Hiding behind “but they committed a crime!” is going to be used to justify all kinds of horrors.

          Yep. Anything they don’t like will be criminalized. Then when there is an inevitable protest because of some overreach, the government will react by going to the media and vilifying the protests for supporting “hardened criminals.” It’s so transparent.

          It just goes to show that legality and morality, while sometimes overlapping, are not the same.

          • @P1nkman
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            71 day ago

            It’s like when the a Norwegian politician was asked why cannabis is illegal, and if it could ever be legalized. His answer: “Cannabis is illegal, because the law says so, and cannot be changed”.

            What a fucking dumbass.

  • @Maggoty
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    1123 hours ago

    Went over the section of law they’re likely using today. If this is what they’re going for then they’re trying to designate everyone who participated in Pro-Palestinian protests as members of a terrorist organization or directly supporting terrorists. Obviously this is a massive 1st Amendment violation. In the most dry sense they can deport legal immigrants who commit crimes or make themselves a legitimate security concern, (by actually participating in terrorism). But this is nowhere near that.

  • @[email protected]
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    81 day ago

    I wonder what country they’ll send the Navajo, Cherokee, Cree, Sioux, etc. too. I’m super white, so you know my family is not originally from around here.

    • @Crazyslinkz
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      315 hours ago

      … and bring millions of dollars…

  • @[email protected]
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    51 day ago

    So just like Musk and even Trump, as he isn’t a real native?

    I say, deport them!!
    Although I’m not sure who would want those fucking wankers