Presidents have been revoking visas and deporting people for decades. The reaction was crickets. However, now with a President Trump it’s a so-called Constitutional Crisis. A visa is a privilege. Entering the country unlawfully is illegal. 300,000 migrant children are unaccounted for in the U.S Where are the voices for these children? I don’t hear them anywhere.
Sure, presidents have always had the power to revoke visas and deport. I don’t see anyone here disputing that. The difference is how it’s done and why. In Trumps first term and now, he’s not just enforcing it. He’s weaponizing it.
In his first term, judges repeatedly ruled against him and his cruel ‘Muslim bans’. His bans were struck down, revised, only to still be called discriminatory by federal courts. Judge Sullivan in DC had to order a plane to turn around because a woman known as ‘Carmen’ was being deported DURING her scheduled asylum hearing. Federal judges have called his use of deportations brutal, unconstitutional, and as many of us here are trying to drive home, a violation of due process.
Even in his first term these were NOT routine deportations. They were unlawful, punitive, cruel, and politically motivated. He openly targeted individuals based on religion race and country of origin, and in his first term, he also ignored court orders when they stood in his way. Now he’s not just going back to his baseline. The Trump admin has escalated even further. He’s publicly promising deportations, military enforcement, and giant detention camps for migrants - and now, apparently ‘home growns’ who draw his ire. And he’s surrounding himself with people who openly believe he’s above the law. He literally campaigned on concepts of authoritarian power.
So yes, a visa is a privilege. Yes, crossing unlawfully is illegal. But mass roundups, child separation, military raids and courts being bypassed is a dangerous precedent.
And don’t think it stops at the border. If immigrants can be detained with no process, so can political dissidents. So can citizens who protest. If we normalize illegal deportations and unchecked executive power, we’re next.
Lastly - you want to talk about 300,000 migrant children? Let’s. Let’s talk about how many of them were lost under Trumps ‘zero tolerance’ policies.
Silence then helped create this crisis. Our silence now gurantees it worsens.
All MOO and sorry for the length.
