Why “deporting” is being discussed
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But deporting is not a punishment. So I don't see your point.
by soon_to_be_sb · Oct 28, 2026
> The article gave no evidence that these people hadn't committed any crimes Are we now doing “guilty until proven innocent?” > there's no mention of the ~10 million people who…
by iAMkenough · Oct 28, 2026
Because when Trump said “we are going to deport the worst of the worst” people took that to mean criminal gangbangers. Then all of a sudden he’s deporting hairdressers, students…
by ModernMech · Oct 28, 2026
I don’t know how you can say this. Obama deported so many people he was known as the “Deporter-in-chief”. Biden deported more people in his term than Trump did in his first term…
by ModernMech · Oct 28, 2026
Yea! Laws must be enforced! Let’s arrest all those illegal oral sex havers in Maryland. And those criminal face-makers-at-dogs in Oklahoma? Lock them up! Those horrible people s…
by the_gastropod · Oct 28, 2026
> But did the Minnesota 15 commit actual crimes? There's lots of hyperbole "15 terabytes of data" but in the end it centers on investigations into the Minnesota 15 and doesn't a…
by vablings · Oct 28, 2026
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Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people by a state from its sovereign territory. The actual definition changes depending on the place and context, and it also changes over time. A person who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation is called a deportee. Read more on Wikipedia