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struggle4progress

(120,547 posts) Mon Nov 11, 2024, 12:00 PM Nov 11

Any attempt to deport eleven million will be a nightmare [View all]

Such a large scale operation will be a financial disaster; it will wreck the economy; and it will be a logistical catastrophe and therefore a humane catastrophe

Their ideological fantasies aside, the actual practice cannot be much different than kicking crowds into cattle cars

Recent US experience suggests we could wrongfully deport thousands of citizens each year -- and you can bet they won't be wealthy or Republican

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Any attempt to deport eleven million will be a nightmare [View all] struggle4progress Nov 11 OP

The nightmare is a feature, not a bug. Girard442 Nov 11 #1

They're not going to deport 11 million people. Logistically impossible. maxsolomon Nov 11 #2

You beat me to it. Dulcinea Nov 11 #4

This will be a very lucrative grift for Trump and his pals. Irish_Dem Nov 11 #3

Interesting perspective. Another grift operation, like the wall. wnylib Nov 11 #15

Yes exactly like the wall. It is all a big con job, a grift. Smoke and mirrors. Irish_Dem Nov 11 #19

I heard on NPR today that Stephen Miller wnylib Nov 11 #24

For the love of God no. Irish_Dem Nov 11 #25

My reaction, too. Somebody else, whose name I forget, wnylib Nov 11 #34

Very sad situation. Irish_Dem Nov 11 #35

Right and Trump will just say they deported 10 million and MAGA will believe him. nt Quixote1818 Nov 11 #32

Yes. We live in a post truth world. Irish_Dem Nov 11 #33

If past is prolog, it will be another "Trump Show" with Dems as his political foils gulliver Nov 11 #5

Logistically easy to find with 'show me.your papers' JCMach1 Nov 11 #10

Not anymore gulliver Nov 11 #13

You don't think that there are Repugs lined up for that sweet detention grift? JCMach1 Nov 11 #20

Germany's population in 1933 peregrinus Nov 11 #23

Yes I think this is how it will play out. Irish_Dem Nov 11 #30

He won't try to do it. It was a lie. yardwork Nov 11 #6

Mostly an excuse to funnel money to private prison and security companies . . . . hatrack Nov 11 #9

We can bet that the billionaires who put him there will get their ROI. yardwork Nov 11 #11

This... There will also be new grifters like HCA turning JCMach1 Nov 11 #21

You're right of course s4p, but remember.... democratsruletheday Nov 11 #7

They won't deport. usedtobedemgurl Nov 11 #8

Well in 2023 the Biden admin deported 1.1M people. n/t Jacson6 Nov 11 #12

It to mention military officers refusing the illegal orders. Gore1FL Nov 11 #14

Sorry to say sarisataka Nov 11 #16

After Four Years, Did They Build That Wall? MineralMan Nov 11 #17

What about the immigrants' home countries? Lincolnite Nov 11 #18

How, exactly? Luz Nov 11 #22

What? awesomerwb1 Nov 11 #37

Just bulk convict them of treason and immediacy execute them all. What could anyone do? LiberalArkie Nov 11 #26

So? What's Your Point? SoCalDavidS Nov 11 #27

Easy method for deportation at140 Nov 11 #28

A president/party truly concerned about inflation and deficits would know mass deportations will increase both. Beartracks Nov 11 #29

"They're not going to deport 11 million people. Logistically impossible." J_William_Ryan Nov 11 #31

I know, right? ForgedCrank Nov 11 #36

If they are smart Dem4life1234 Nov 11 #38

And there will be those who resist. no_hypocrisy Nov 11 #39