Subj : Re: Deportations
To : Mike Powell
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Sat Apr 19 2025 12:00 pm
MP> > That's the first I've heard about that. But even if he was here legally,
MP> > wasn't born here, he's not a citizen, and therefore he can be deported f
MP> > failing to pay a parking ticket, for applying for food stamps, or for ma
MP> > other minor crimes. None of us have any solid facts on him, so it's just
MP> > ridiculous to defend him as it is to condemn him.
MP>
MP> Which would be true if he hadn't already been sent to prison, in a
MP> foreign country that isn't his own.
Are you sure about that? Everything I've read about this indicates that he's a Salvadoran national.
MP> You may want to read up on the grievances listed in the Declaration of
MP> Independence while bearing in mind that there was no such thing as a "US
MP> citizen" when it was written... everyone here that wasn't a Native
MP> American was an immigrant.
The constitution didn't exist when the Declaration of Independence was written, so IMO it overrides the Declaration of Independence.
MP> > What's even more unsafe is feeling victimized by something you saw on TV
MP>
MP> Like Trump telling the President of El Salvador that he'd like to be able
MP> to send down "home grown" people, too? You do realize that means "born
MP> here" and therefore a citizen?
There are things he'd like to do but can't, but I enjoy hearing about the things that "he'd like to do."
