Let’s play a little, What if” followed by the more difficult …”How?”
To start this soirée, “what if Donald Trump gets elected in November.”
If this happens I would guess that he will begin at some point to start to fulfill some of his campaign promises. He has repeatedly vowed the “largest domestic deportation operation in American history” starting on day one after he returns to the White House.
How do the American people feel about this?
From the Epoch Times:
“More than half of Americans—including 42 percent of Democrats—said they would support mass deportations of illegal immigrants, according to a new Axios Vibes poll released on Thursday, 4/25/24.
The online survey also found that 46 percent of Republicans and 30 percent of Democrats said they would end birthright citizenship guaranteed under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. The Harris Poll conducted for Axios surveyed 6,251 adults between March and April 2024.
Participants included Republicans, Democrats, and independents across multiple generations, from Baby Boomers to Generation Z. The poll has a margin of error of 1.5 percentage points.”
However, if Trump gets elected, the more practical and the more difficult question is, “how is he going to achieve this mass deportation?
I can see public opinion being pretty straight-forward when it comes to men from Venezuela, similar to the one that is accused of recently murdering that young Georgia nursing student. As best I can tell it seems that only Joe Biden, perhaps while making another sign of the cross, and his Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas would be opposed to that. However, what about a young Hispanic family, including two young children from Honduras or El Salvador? How would the public respond to the news that they are being deported? I will guarantee that the response from most Americans, including both Republicans and Democrats would be a heartfelt, “they are not hurting anyone; do not deport them even though they are illegal; they should have a chance at achieving the American Dream.”
As most readers know I am politically a staunch conservative, but nonetheless that is probably what I would also say, as I have witnessed real poverty in Central America up close and personal. I would probably agree with “just leave them alone,” with one caveat … because they are not citizens, they should not be allowed vote. This is similar to my opinion on “ the dreamers,” who as children, were brought into this country illegally by their parents. Both the dreamer-children and the parents should never be allowed to vote. Again I can envision a lot of Americans agreeing with this, as every vote by someone who is not a U.S. citizen potentially disenfranchises the vote of an American citizen. However, in a more practical vein, how could this ever be enforced?
Certainly, they could be threatened with immediate deportation if they ever voted, but again in a practical sense how would this ever be discovered and enforced?
I have my ideas on how to practically approach this issue … however, I predict that no one will like it.
Ergo, I am interested in hearing any other solutions on how to handle this issue.
5/1/24