I think it’s likely that Trump did his little executive order on birthright citizenship giving him the imaginary power to declare that citizens born from an immigrant parent from a place he decides is his enemy can be stripped of citizenship and the DoJ working up something to nullify birthright citizenship are plans for if the Democrats sweep the midterms and take back control of Congress.
If/when that happens I imagine that Trump will very quietly sign an official looking decree that a lot of Democrats in Congress who were foreign born or had at least one foreign born parent are no longer US Citizens, and send a very large number of ICE on a surprise raid to abduct them.
It’s unconstitutional, but ICE has shown it’s fully willing to violate the constitution and is better funded than most national militaries on the planet. They’d happily do it. Then the Republicans are a physical majority again, and I don’t see them doing anything against it.
If the people try to do something about it and start opening fire on ICE agents, that’s when the insurrection act button gets pushed and he calls in the actual military. I don’t think the military would be willing to abduct members of congress based on an unconstitutional decree… but… once it’s civilians in a firefight with ICE Federal Agents? And they’re called on to defend other Federal Agents against the “leftist terrorists”? And the majority of the New Congress and the Supreme Court all tell them it’s the right thing to do? Then they almost certainly would.
Your last paragraph is my prediction.
I think it’s likely that Trump did his little executive order on birthright citizenship giving him the imaginary power to declare that citizens born from an immigrant parent from a place he decides is his enemy can be stripped of citizenship and the DoJ working up something to nullify birthright citizenship are plans for if the Democrats sweep the midterms and take back control of Congress.
If/when that happens I imagine that Trump will very quietly sign an official looking decree that a lot of Democrats in Congress who were foreign born or had at least one foreign born parent are no longer US Citizens, and send a very large number of ICE on a surprise raid to abduct them.
It’s unconstitutional, but ICE has shown it’s fully willing to violate the constitution and is better funded than most national militaries on the planet. They’d happily do it. Then the Republicans are a physical majority again, and I don’t see them doing anything against it.
If the people try to do something about it and start opening fire on ICE agents, that’s when the insurrection act button gets pushed and he calls in the actual military. I don’t think the military would be willing to abduct members of congress based on an unconstitutional decree… but… once it’s civilians in a firefight with ICE Federal Agents? And they’re called on to defend other Federal Agents against the “leftist terrorists”? And the majority of the New Congress and the Supreme Court all tell them it’s the right thing to do? Then they almost certainly would.