Why would you even be against prohibiting deportation of U.S. citizens?
Devils advocate:
Since it was already illegal to deport citizens, that text is useless and unnecessary in a new bill.
It might be put in there just for the other party to take it out, creating headlines like this one.
No, what is happening is a preventative measure intended to prevent legal grey areas from being exploited under the guise of its not clear or let’s see how the courts interpret this.
Putting clear language makes it harder for them to do it and pretend it was an accident or that technically they can do it because of an interpretation of the law.
Devils advocate:
Since it was already illegal to deport citizens, that text is useless and unnecessary in a new bill.
It might be put in there just for the other party to take it out, creating headlines like this one.
No, what is happening is a preventative measure intended to prevent legal grey areas from being exploited under the guise of its not clear or let’s see how the courts interpret this.
Putting clear language makes it harder for them to do it and pretend it was an accident or that technically they can do it because of an interpretation of the law.
Thanks for the explanation and missing context.
Yup, so they were against putting a safeguard that would clarify that ICE cannot deport US citizens