So...what exactly is wrong with deporting people who are in the country illegaly.

Paywall site, I'm unable to read the article. But deporting people who are in the country illegally is the responsibility of government.

Furthermore, this is one of those issues where even Trump-haters are likely to back policies to severely limit and/or impose cost on illegal immigrants.

"Who cares. It's gonna be a massive ---- show and, I guarantee you, a massive violation of citizens rights who get swept up in it."

How so?

I mean, the problem is still going to be activists and organizations who support illegal immigration and protect them. So how do you find them.

I do actually have a subscription to WaPo and was able to read the article. The only thing I found onerous was the language on Jus Soli and children born to "undocumented" immigrants. It's unconstitutional. It's also not clear on what "undocumented" means. If they enter on a passport, or military orders, or something like that, does that make them documented?

My former landlord was a Bundeswehr Officer. He spent most of his career in the US. All of his kids are US citizens due to Jus Soli. Would they lose citizenship?

"What is wrong with rounding up people and putting them in camps?"

Nothing.

Where do you think all the Afghans went? The Four Seasons?

"Why send them to camps in the first place, why not just deport them straight away?"

According to the article, there are 11 million of them.

T put it in perspective, it would be like deporting the entire population of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. Twice.

The Airbus A380 can carry up to 800 passengers. More than any other aircraft. To deport all illegal immigrants via air would require around 14,000 thousand flights.

"Anyone that defends this kind of policy is a fricken Nazi."

Following the law is what Nazis do?

"Which law?"

Laws.

The ones stipulating the conditions under which one can be in the United States legally.

"So....The purpose of Trump's camps is to keep them all here permanently?"

That's not how I read it. The intent would be containment areas where people would be held until they could be transported back to their country of origin.

"IOW, if Biden wanted to he could keep them in detention, but he chooses not to build camps for ten million people."

It seems like you support Biden in violating US law. Is that the case?

If you really think that the US should not restrict cross-border movement, or that anyone should be able to enter or exit the country without any restrictions, then wouldn't the simple answer be to eliminate laws regarding entry into the US? So why not press Biden for that?

It would probably save a few bucks. You could get rid of CBP almost entirely. Their annual budget is around $25 billion.

"That was then and this is now. Are you incapable of learning from our mistakes?"

Camps aren't a bad thing. The US built camps for Bosnian refugees fleeing the balkan wars. They later used the same camps to house Somali refugees.

Camps can be bad-like when they contain a gas chamber-but most are intended to offer a better circumstance than what would otherwise be available.

"Show me a good camp of the kind Trump is talking about."

This is a photo of the refugee camp at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, a few miles from my house.

"Trump is talking about sending people to camps. People who have no reason to flee anything -- except the people sending them to camps."

You didn't read the article, did you.

"Eventually, ever righty reveals themselves to be an authoritarian POS."

Expecting the government to enforce immigration law is authoritarian?

"For people who are supposedly all about FrEeDuMbZ, they sure seem to be the most ok with blatant misuse of the powers of the federal government and the outcomes."

I'm still confused.

Are you against deporting illegal immigrant? And if you are, then what?

Are you advocating for an open border policy?

I mean, I travel a lot for work. It would be less of a headache for millions of people if they no longer had to go through passport control when entering the US.

I have Global Entry, so for me it is easy. But I always see thousands of people waiting in line to show their passports before they are allowed to continue on. I'm sure they would be more than happy to not go through that.

I despise Trump, but if he does get re-elected, I'd be glad for him to do something about the border. Someone needs to do something.

"The problem at our Southern border's is not the problem you think it is, MB."

Any border

There are now 11 million people residing in the US illegally.

That's not a problem?

For instance it's clear you don't know what's legal, what's not. Then you call them "illegal immigrants."

Let's be clear. I have no problem with people who enter the country legally. I don't think most people do.