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BumRushDaShow

(151,216 posts)
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 05:45 AM Jan 2025

'Is it realistic to deport everybody?' Top Senate Republican on Donald Trump's mass deportation promises

Source: USA Today

Published 5:04 p.m. ET Jan. 6, 2025 | Updated 5:05 p.m. ET Jan. 6, 2025


WASHINGTON −The Senate’s top Republican questioned on Sunday how easy it will be for President-elect Donald Trump to launch a “mass deportation” of at least 11 million immigrants living in the United States without authorization. “Is it realistic to deport everybody? I mean, there's a lot of people in this country who are here illegally,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

A mass deportation of 1 million people per year could cost $88 billion annually, according to the nonpartisan American Immigration Council. It would require an unprecedented ramp-up of law enforcement staffing, detention capacity, immigration courtrooms and flight accessibility.

Pew Research estimates there are 11 million immigrants in the United States without authorization. The vast majority don't have a criminal conviction, and their individual situations can vary dramatically, from asylum-seekers who crossed the border to people who flew in on a tourist visa and overstayed.

Among them are some 1.3 million immigrants who have already been issued removal orders but remain in the country, either because of a lack of U.S. removal resources or because some countries refuse to take the immigrants back. Trump has promised the "largest deportation program in American history." Mass deportations were the centerpiece of his reelection campaign.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/05/immigrants-deport-thune-donald-trump/77476089007/

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'Is it realistic to deport everybody?' Top Senate Republican on Donald Trump's mass deportation promises (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jan 2025 OP
I'm thinking Trump Camps will be making Tesla parts bucolic_frolic Jan 2025 #1
Its going to get very ugly very quickly Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #2
Sen. Thune Asks A Good Question DallasNE Jan 2025 #3
Fleshed out plan? lol. travelingthrulife Jan 2025 #4
Fleshed out plan?? moose65 Jan 2025 #5
Tom Homan will come flying out of the gate Jan 20th KS Toronado Jan 2025 #6
Papers are irrelevant Marthe48 Jan 2025 #7
Their hatred of non-whites will be on full display on the evening news KS Toronado Jan 2025 #8
I'm wondering how far back the rwnj will go Marthe48 Jan 2025 #9
retroactive Nasruddin Jan 2025 #10
When they run out of POC to deport they'll go after all Democrats, KS Toronado Jan 2025 #12
Am I being too negative if I say that I expect this milestogo Jan 2025 #11

bucolic_frolic

(49,952 posts)
1. I'm thinking Trump Camps will be making Tesla parts
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 06:42 AM
Jan 2025

but with indentured labor there will be quality concerns

DallasNE

(7,759 posts)
3. Sen. Thune Asks A Good Question
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 09:47 AM
Jan 2025

It deserves a response. And how do you prioritize who you deport first, considering the disruptive nature of such an order? Supply-chain issues will immediately surface, and that means inflation. Campaign pitches are simplistic, so let's see the fleshed-out plan to make this happen. That gets us back to the question posed by Sen. Thune.

moose65

(3,366 posts)
5. Fleshed out plan??
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:52 AM
Jan 2025

That's a good one! When have Republicans ever had a fleshed out plan for anything, beyond a sound bite (byte)?

That's their problem. "Deport all the illegals" may sound good to the MAGAs, but as always, the devil is in the details.

KS Toronado

(21,015 posts)
6. Tom Homan will come flying out of the gate Jan 20th
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:08 AM
Jan 2025

with Der orange Fuhrer's blessing to round up as many illegals as he can on day one.

Marthe48

(20,510 posts)
7. Papers are irrelevant
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:18 AM
Jan 2025

The goons will just smash and grab, especially to get their hands on anyone with brown, yellow or black skin. I imagine the eastern Europeans will get a pass entirely.

There is a legal group called RAICES, who have lawyers to help people detained by goons. They take donations.

KS Toronado

(21,015 posts)
8. Their hatred of non-whites will be on full display on the evening news
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:05 PM
Jan 2025

hopefully moderate Republicans will be repulsed by this and help to divide their party.

Marthe48

(20,510 posts)
9. I'm wondering how far back the rwnj will go
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:48 PM
Jan 2025

People of color will be easy targets for an initial mass expulsion. After that, when rwnj try to inflict more pain, who do they terrorize next? My paternal g-grandmother was born here, from a naturalized Swede. My maternal g-g grandparents were born here, from naturalized Germans. But I'm a mouthy Dem. As the goons refine their deportation parameters, will my pedigree and skin color be enough to keep me under the radar? Or anyone, for that matter?





KS Toronado

(21,015 posts)
12. When they run out of POC to deport they'll go after all Democrats,
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 02:50 PM
Jan 2025

they already plan to kick 1000s out of their Washington jobs Jan 20th.

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