• Bassman1805@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    FYI because the actual reasons for this feud are under-reported:

    1. Colombia has been accepting deported immigrants for years without complaint. They were being sent by charter or commercial aircraft, and the Colombia government was notified ahead of time that they were coming.

    2. Trump sent a group of deportees on a military aircraft

    3. Trump did not notify Colombia that this aircraft was coming, and as such tried to lands a military aircraft in a sovereign state with no warning

    4. Colombia said fuck that, the plane eventually landed in Honduras, and Colombia sent another plane to pick the people up from there.

    5. Colombia said “what the fuck dude” and Trump the a temper tantrum

    6. Side note, every single one of those deportees was arrested by the Biden admin, so it’s not like this is even Trump delivering on his campaign promises. He’s just doing a worse job at what Biden was already doing.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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      Trump referred to this flight not as “deportation” but “repatriation”. This is important because deportation can only be conducted through the judicial branch: Deportation is a sentence pursuant to a conviction.

      “Repatriation” is what we call it when we return a POW to their nation of origin.

      He is treating immigrants as enemy combatants. Enemy combatants are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the united states, which is required for birthright citizenship.

      Trump sent a group of deportees on a military aircraft

      The military is prohibited from engaging in law enforcement under the Posse Comitatus Act. For the military to be involved, this cannot be considered a law enforcement action.

      He’s just doing a worse job at what Biden was already doing.

      This is not Trump doing a worse job. This is Trump’s lawyers saying he needs to do this if he wants to kill birthright citizenship.