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A green card holder, even if I may like that green card holder, doesn't have an indefinite right to be in the United States of America. If the Secretary of State and the President decide, 'This person shouldn't be in America,' it's as simple as that."
Vice President JD Vance said in a Fox News interview last month
The Trump Administration is enforcing immigration laws—something the previous administration failed to do. Those who violate these laws will be processed, detained, and removed as required."
CBP Assistant Commissioner Hilton Beckham told Newsweek in a statement in early AprilThese are people who could have been residing in the U.S. for 30, 40 years. It really creates a massive chilling effect...concerned they are going to be vetted and denied immigration benefits such as naturalization."
Saira Hussain, senior attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told Newsweek in MarchThe First Amendment protects everyone in the United States, regardless of their immigration status. The Trump Administration cannot change the Constitution by bullying and surveilling immigrant communities online. The Administration's social media monitoring and viewpoint-based immigration policies will irrevocably chill noncitizens' expression and risk everyone's First Amendment rights."
The Center for Democracy and Technology deputy director Becca Branum, told Newsweek
Who's next? Is it a climate activist? Is it trans activists? Is it somebody who is concerned about health care? Is it somebody who just simply opposes Donald Trump?"
David Leopold, a past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, called the move "a dangerous precedent," telling CNNEVERYONE should be on notice. If you're a guest in our country – act like it. Our robust social media vetting program to identify national security & public safety risks never stops. USCIS is on watch to find anything online that poses a threat to our nation & our way of life."
The post, shared on the official USCIS account, stated
If you come into the United States as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don’t want it,
Rubio said
The Trump Administration is focused on protecting our nation and our citizens by upholding the highest standards of national security and public safety through our visa process,
the spokesperson continuedBecause the process is ongoing, the number of revocations is dynamic,
the spokesperson saidThey came, and they were breaking the law with no consequences,
a source said to the PostThere were cases like where it was not a serious thing, like littering, or somebody had charges that were dropped, where we didn’t revoke those,
a source said to the outletOur visa system has lacked oversight and accountability,
a senior State Department official told Fox News DigitalSecretary [Marco] Rubio has led the State Department to take a surgical vetting approach to ensure individuals in America as visitors are abiding by ours laws,
the source saidSo when we identify lunatics like these, we take away their student visa,
he said at an April 10 Cabinet meeting while sitting next to TrumpI think they're flooding the zone with poo like Bannon said,
Fuentes elaborated
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Oh, here's where I'm at, though. In general, I see the whole, a lot of the populist conservative space spending half their time on this, and I just, I mean, I think it's way more dangerous Trump saying we're looking to deporting citizens to El Salvador. Now, that's unconstitutional, and that is really bad,
Jones said, according to Media Matters
I agree with that. Then again though, I don't think that's a real policy. That hasn't happened,
Fuentes repliedI don't, I think that's one of those throwaway comments,
Fuentes argued, defending Trump
The ones that grew up and something went wrong and they hit people over the head with a baseball bat. We have — and push people into subways just before the train gets there like you see happening sometimes,
said Trump, before referencing the possibility of sending these people to foreign prisonsNow they're talking about using the Enemy Combatant Act to do it for regular crime,
Jones continued