Donald Trump admits US citizens could be deported by mistake as 'homegrowns are next'
Donald Trump has refused to rule out the possibility of U.S. citizens being deported by mistake, vowing that "homegrowns are next" as the administration continues with its controversial deportations
President Donald Trump is not ruling out the potential for U.S. citizens to be mistakenly deported, asserting that "homegrowns are next" as his administration persists with its contentious deportation policies.
In a recent interview with The Atlantic, Trump seemed to concede that U.S. citizens could inadvertently be deported. When questioned about the possibility of the administration erroneously deporting an American citizen or the wrong individual, Trump responded, "Let me tell you that nothing will ever be perfect in this world."
Trump also issued a disconcerting warning to El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, stating that "homegrowns are next" on the government's list of targets for deportation.
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This follows Bukele's refusal to assist in repatriating Salvadoran father Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States - even after U.S. government lawyers acknowledged that Abrego Garcia's removal from prison was due to an "administrative" error.
Despite this, the administration has stood firm, maintaining that the deported Abrego Garcia is affiliated with the MS-13 gang and will never be allowed back into the U.S.
When pressed further about the risk of deporting the wrong individuals, the President asserted, "I'm not involved in that. I have many people, many layers of people that do that.
"I would say they are all extremely tough, dangerous people. I would say that. And, don't forget, they came into the country illegally."
U.S. federal judges have lodged accusations against his administration for trampling due process rights during the deportation of immigrants. On a recent Saturday, a Louisiana district judge observed that a two year old American child may have been expelled to Honduras with "no meaningful process."
The administration has now begun attempts to deport certain permanent residents, including Columbia grad student and activist Mahmoud Khalil, who disclosed that he facilitated talks last year between Columbia University and pro-Palestine demonstrators.
Dubbed "pro-Hamas" by the Trump Administration, a judge this month sanctioned Khalil's expulsion. Nonetheless, Khalil's attorney contends his client "was subject to a charade of due process, a flagrant violation of his right to a fair hearing, and a weaponization of immigration law to suppress dissent."
In March, the Trump administration defied court mandates to reroute flights transporting alleged Venezuelan gang members slated for deportation to El Salvador's infamous mega-prison. Following this defiance, a Washington, D.
C. federal judge deemed there was sufficient basis to hold them responsible.
Allegedly, these gang members met their fate overseas under a piece of antiquity, the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, employed during warfare.
Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor lamented the mass exile of Venezuelans to a foreign incarceration facility, where they encountered "no due process of law," an orchestrated event under the guise of the wartime Alien Enemies Act, dating back to 1798.
Trump expressed his dissatisfaction to The Atlantic, stating: "I think the judge is horrible."
Meanwhile, the court is permitting the administration to persist in using the law for the deportation of immigrants while the legal battle continues.
Trump also voiced his objection to the notion of trials last week at the Oval Office, remarking, "We're getting them out, and a judge can't say, 'No, you have to have a trial. The trial is going to take two years. We're going to have a very dangerous country if we're not allowed to do what we're entitled to do."
